Soyuz TMA-07M Launch, 6:12 am CT (7:12 am ET), Kazakhstan

19-Dec-2012 through 19-Dec-2012

Soyuz TMA-07M is scheduled to launch December 19, 2012 at 6:12 am Central Standard Time (7:12 am Eastern Standard Time), which will be 6:12 pm local time at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan where the launch will take place. 

Three International Space Station (ISS) crew members will be aboard:  American Tom Marshburn, Canadian Chris Hadfield, and Russian Roman Romanenko.  The three are scheduled to dock with the ISS on December 7 and remain there until May 2013.   Hadfield will be the first Canadian to serve as ISS Commander during the second half of his tour of duty (starting in March).

NASA TV will cover the launch and docking as described in this NASA press release.

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