Soyuz TMA-05M Launch Tonight

[Codz]

Tonight the Russian Space Agency will be launching a Soyuz rocket with three astro/cosmonauts on board to the International Space Station. If anyone wants to watch the launch live, you can go to NASA TV's free broadcast. The launch is scheduled for 22:40EST.

It's certainly nice to see international space cooperation still going strong.

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-05M

[Platapus]

Hard to believe that the ISS has been manned for almost 12 years already.

[Codz]

Yeah, it's also incredible that Soyuz has been operating in its many iterations for 40 years!


Around 30 minutes to launch.

Update:The launch was successful and the astro/cosmonauts are now safely in orboit. They will dock to the ISS on Tuesday at 00:52EST.

[Codz]

Docking is scheduled for about an hour from now. For those that want to watch, it's the same link as before.