Earlier today, a Soyuz MS-08 rocket blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying with it two NASA astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut bound for the International Space Station. Here’s what they’ll be up to for the next five months.
The rocket launched at 1:44 pm ET today, or 11:44 pm Baikonur time, successfully delivering its precious cargo, NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold, and Oleg Artemyev of Russia’s Roscosmos, to low-Earth orbit. The craft is expected to reach the space station’s Rassvet module this coming Friday March 23 at about 3:41 pm ET.
