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<\/a>NASA TV coverage now is underway for the launch of a crewed Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station with NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>The Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 9:54 a.m. EDT (6:54 p.m. Baikonur time). Launch and docking activities will air live on NASA Television\u2019s Public Channel, the\u00a0NASA app<\/span><\/a><\/span>, and the agency\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>website<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n After a two-orbit, three-hour journey, the Soyuz will dock to the space station\u2019s Rassvet module at 1:11 p.m. About two hours after docking, hatches between the Soyuz and the station will open and the crew members will greet each other.<\/p>\n Once aboard station, the trio will join Expedition 67 Commander Oleg Artemyev, cosmonauts Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov of Roscosmos, as well as NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti.<\/p>\n Rubio, Prokopyev, and Petelin will spend six months aboard the orbital laboratory. This will be Prokopyev\u2019s second flight into space and the first for Rubio and Petelin.<\/p>\n While NASA is airing coverage of the launch, rendezvous, docking, and hatch opening of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft on NASA\u2019s Television\u2019s Public<\/a><\/span> Channel, a concurrent Artemis I cryogenic demonstration test at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will air only on the Media<\/a><\/span> Channel. During all other times, the test will air on both the Public and Media Channels.<\/p>\n Soyuz-22 mission coverage is as follows (all times Eastern):<\/p>\n Wednesday, Sept. 21<\/strong><\/p>\n 9 a.m. \u2013 Coverage begins on NASA TV\u2019s Public Channel for 9:54 a.m. launch.<\/p>\n 12:15 p.m. \u2013 Coverage begins on NASA TV\u2019s Public Channel for 1:11 p.m. docking.<\/p>\n 3:30 p.m. \u2013 Coverage begins on NASA TV for hatch opening and welcome remarks.<\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following the\u00a0space station blog<\/a>,\u00a0@space_station<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0@ISS_Research<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter, as well as the\u00a0ISS Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0ISS Instagram<\/a>\u00a0accounts.<\/p>\n Get weekly video highlights at:\u00a0http:\/\/jscfeatures.jsc.nasa.gov\/videoupdate\/<\/a><\/p>\n Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. Subscribe here:\u00a0www.nasa.gov\/subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NASA TV coverage now is underway for the launch of a crewed Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station with NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin.\u00a0The Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 9:54 a.m. EDT (6:54 p.m. Baikonur time). Launch and docking activities \u2026 Continue reading
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