BAIKONUR , Kazakhstan, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- An international crew of astronauts, including one from NASA, will launch from Kazakhstan today for a rendezvous with the International Space Station.
The three-person team is expected to blast off at 4 p.m. eastern time. The launch will be streamed live online at NASA-TV and at Space.com
Terry Virts of NASA, Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency and Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency will launch aboard their Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
NASA will also air live coverage of the Soyuz as it docks to the space station at 9:53 p.m eastern time.
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