Apollo 11 (NASA)

Tonight, NASA will launch LADEE—the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer—from its Wallops Island, Va. facility. The historic event, which will be the first space launch from Virginia, will launch between 11:27 p.m. and 11:31 p.m., and—hey!—you’ll be able to see it pretty clearly in D.C.

The 100-day mission—which aims “to measure lunar dust and examine the lunar atmosphere from an orbit of 50 km above the surface of the Moon,” according to a press release from Orbital—will launch tonight via the five-stage Minotaur V rocket. The Minotaur V rocket also marks a “first” for this mission. Comprised of three “decommissioned Peacekeeper solid fuel rocket motors,” the Minotaur V rocket will take LADEE into orbit.

NASA and Orbital have compiled a nifty series of graphics that show exactly where you’ll be able to see the Minotaur V rocket around the East Coast, including many D.C. landmarks. The graphics show the exact trajectory of the Minotaur V and the different stages of the launch you’ll be able to se from the various points of reference. Very thorough stuff, Orbital.

From the US Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va.:

Photo via Orbital.

From the Lincoln Memorial:

Photo via Orbital.

From NASA’s D.C. headquarters:

Photo via Orbital.

From the Newseum:

Photo via Orbital.

From the U.S. Capitol:

Photo via Orbital.

From the World WWII Memorial:

Photo via Orbital.

Can’t make it to any of those locations? Worry not, Orbital has even made a Google Earth file downloadable so you can create your own flight graphic of the Minotaur V from wherever you’ll be watching.

Science!