astronaut Loral O'Hara and cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and Oleg Kononenko board their rocket for launch to counts down to an 11:44am ET (8:44pm Baikonur time) launch today. Watch now... nasa.gov/live

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Launch nominal 3rd stage shutdown and separation. Solar panels deployed, power positive

Docking planned about 5 hours from now.

Nothing makes me happier than seen the BIG FRICKEN GRINS as new people arrive in space

10 people on for a few days.

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