Launch in 8 minutes...

[kstuart]

Launch of Soyuz

... in case anyone is monitoring this Forum.... on NASA-TV to ISS from Kazakhstan.... somewhat Borat-esque with snow partially covering the camera lens... cosmonaut has an Angry Bird dangling above him....

 

[kstuart]

Russians give you a live shot from the cabin ! You can see the curve of the Earth in the window above Dan Burbank.

(Evidently NASA was uncomfortable with live feed of Shuttle astronauts, in case something went wrong... )

 

[kstuart]

Russians played Lenny Kravitz during the countdown.

 

[dfergie]

I will try to catch a replay from Nasa, they will only be at the ISS for a few days before the Fossum and company come back to earth.