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Codz	07-14-12 02:01 PM

Soyuz TMA-05M Launch Tonight

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

07-14-12 06:06 PM

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

Codz	07-14-12 09:13 PM

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	07-16-12 10:20 PM

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

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:32 AM.