ISS Crew On Schedule for Launch Tonight at 11:01 EDT

The launch of Soyuz TMA-04M remains on track for 11:01 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) tonight.

Aboard are NASA astronaut Joe Acaba and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin. Assuming a successful launch, they are scheduled to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) two days later, joining three crew members already aboard: NASA’s Don Pettit, the European Space Agency’s Andre Kuipers, and ISS commander Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko.

We’ll be following the launch on NASA TV and reporting on Twitter. Follow us @SpcPlcyOnline.