Soyuz Tma 05M Launches To Orbit

UPDATE: Expedition 32 Flight Engineers Suni Williams, Yuri Malenchenko and Aki Hoshide launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft at 10:40 p.m. EDT Saturday (8:40 a.m. Kazakhstan time on Sunday. More from Bill Harwood at CNET and Clara Moskowitz at MSNBC/Space.com. The launch of the Soyuz-FG booster and Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft is in the final minutes of its preparation at "GAGARIN'S START", Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Live NASA-TV COVERAGE BEGINS AT 9:30 PM EST WITH THE LAUNCH SET FOR 10:40 PM EST. American astronaut Sunita Williams, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency spaceflyer Akihiko Hoshide are aboard the Soyuz TMA-05M. The three members of the Soyuz TMA-05M crew will link with the INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION Tuesday, July 17, 2012 to commerce their part of the Expedition 32 increment joining station commander Gennady Padalka of Russia, his cosmonaut colleague Sergei Revin, and American astronaut Joe Acaba.