Transcript for Americans and Russian blast off for ISS

Initially impressed him. I'm vision. Today he could see the engine starting to fire. Ramping up. The second umbilical tower party separated. Ends in at 80% and the liftoff. True for so oligarchs -- and Ricky Arnold taking off on their way to the International Space Station. Getting a great view of this first stage engines as they light up the night sky. That first stage delivering a written 930000. Pounds of thrust. And the second thing that blank engine and 22 so far some slipped off getting good calls at this stages are performing nominally or normally. I'm looking very bright here a camera can tell you when you see these at night. It's almost its like looking at that sounded almost hurt your rise that you can't terrier eyes away from men. And yes they are senior her one. Greens. Fifty seconds it's lift off everything still not model or normal. So used rocket doing its job all of the parameters or the data points for its trajectory looking good continuing to rocket across the night sky. So were seventy seconds over a minute and ten seconds into the flight the vehicle already traveling at over 11100 miles per hour. Oh. Nine seconds and quite. So again this first stage going to continue firing until just before the two met mark first floor here in the escape tower being jettisoned. And then following that those strap on boosters those four liquid fuel boosters on the first eight. Few inside the cab and the crew still doing good. And getting confirmation from the visiting vehicle officer here in Houston good for state separation. And he escaped tower has been jettisoned. The drops when an altitude of about 48 statute miles.

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