Watch NASA TV Live Coverage of Soyuz Rocket Launch to International Space Station

Watch NASA TV Live Coverage of Soyuz Rocket Launch to International Space StationThe next launch of a crew to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for Wednesday, May 28. For the next 3 days leading up to the launch, NASA Television will broadcast prelaunch activities, and the launch, as the next three crew members flying to the International Space Station prepare for launch.

Mobile viewers can also watch NASA TV online of the launch to the ISS as well as the pre and post launch video stream from the space agency. After the launch, viewers will also be able to watch extensive live coverage of the docking with the ISS.

Watch NASA TV Online Video Stream of Launch to ISS:



The crew will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 3:57 p.m. EDT (1:57 a.m. May 29, Baikonur time) and according to NASA, the crew is scheduled to dock to the station’s Rassvet module less than six hours after launch, at 9:48 p.m. NASA TV coverage of docking begins at 9 p.m.

Onboard the Soyuz spacecraft will be Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency.

The replacement crew will be met by current ISS occupants Expedition 40 Commander Steve Swanson of NASA and Flight Engineers Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos.

NASA TV will continue with online and televised coverage when the hatches open at about 11:25 p.m.

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