NetEase Technology News, June 3, according to foreign media reports, last Saturday, local time, SpaceX, the first manned space mission Demo-2 was launched into space, and NASA astronaut Bob Benken (Bob Behnken) and Doug Hurley (Doug Hurley) sent to the International Space Station. According to statistics, the launch of NASA's live broadcast launch program attracts at least 10.3 million people in the United States to watch online at the same time, which is NASA's most watched live webcast event.

This mission is the first time NASA has sent astronauts into orbit from the United States since the space shuttle retired in 2011. The agency official said that the number of people watching the launch on the Internet reached a record level. Bettina Inclin, deputy director of communications for NASA, said shortly after the two astronauts arrived at the International Space Station, "We are still collecting data, but some of our indicators indicate that the NASA-SpaceX joint on all platforms The maximum number of viewers who launched the live broadcast is at least 10.3 million, which is the most watched event we have tracked."

It needs to be clear that Demo-2 live events only count Internet traffic, not all types of viewers. It is estimated that on July 20, 1969, about 600 million people watched the Apollo 11 moon landing mission launched by Saturn V on TV. This accounted for one-sixth of the world’s population at that time, so the Apollo 11 mission to the moon has maintained the highest ratings so far. (Chenchen)

Source: NetEase Technology Report, translated by Google Translate