If you want to watch the launch of one of the Soyuz rockets for the mission Expedition 36 to the ISS( International Space Station) click on this link:http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

 

5 minutes to launch

It just launched!

I watched it

I watched it

It was pretty cool because it was night.

It was pretty cool because it was night.

 

 

 yeahso pretty at night,   6 hour flight shit I go to space station on a 6 hour flight so long as the return flight was the next day   lol    24 hours would be longer enough for with taking pic's and all

The ISS is a really cool thing, but perhaps even cooler is the the collaboration that it develops and encourages between people.  In a world where the West and East disagree and conflict so often, it's always nice to see American astronauts standing side by side with Russians, forming friendships and their governments actively supporting and promoting it.

Glad to hear they reached orbit safely.  Once again, NASA and Roscosmos proving that they are the best in the business.

 

EDIT: Soyuz TMA-09M has safely docked to the ISS and the crews are now integrated.

Edited May 29, 201312 yr by Codz

 yeahso pretty at night,   6 hour flight shit I go to space station on a 6 hour flight so long as the return flight was the next day   lol    24 hours would be longer enough for with taking pic's and all

lol

The ISS is a really cool thing, but perhaps even cooler is the the collaboration that it develops and encourages between people.  In a world where the West and East disagree and conflict so often, it's always nice to see American astronauts standing side by side with Russians, forming friendships and their governments actively supporting and promoting it.

Yeah just think back to the space race, the Americans and Russians were like enemies, fighting to see who could get the first man in space, get a satellite in orbit, get a man on the moon etc... and now there friends working in space.