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Good morning, this is mission control Houston.

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Thank you for joining us for today's
ISS update this Wednesday, December 21.

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A successful Soyuz launch makes headline news
for the International Space Station today.

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Earlier this morning at 7:16 a.m. Central Time
the Soyuz TMA-03M carrying it crew of three,

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NASA astronaut Don Pettit,
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko

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and European Space Agency astronaut Andre
Kuipers lifted off on time and as scheduled

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from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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The three Soyuz crew members having made
it safely to orbit are now on their way

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to the International Space Station after
a two-day voyage to the orbiting complex.

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Now only a few hours after
liftoff, we are now looking

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at a live view inside the International
Space Station Flight Control Room

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where the team here has been monitoring
the systems aboard the station

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and supporting the days activities as the
expedition 30 crew members now on space station.

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Leading the team here at the station flight
control room today Flight Director Mike Lammers

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seen there on the the right-hand
side in a dark suit.

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And next to him is Kjell
Lindgren who is serving as capcom.

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He is responsible for relaying all
the ground messages to the crew today.

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Meanwhile, aboard the orbiting complex
awaiting the rest of their crew to arrive,

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station Commander Dan Burbank and
Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov

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and Anatoly Ivanishin are in their fifth-week as
the expedition 30 crew, their six-week in space.

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Commander Burbank, Shkaplerov
and Ivanishin launched

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to the orbiting complex aboard their Soyuz
spacecraft as the expedition 29 crew last month.

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They docked their vehicle to the Poisk
module and the space station two days

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after their launch on November 15.

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Burbank had been assumed command the
station only a week after having arrived.

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Today he and his crewmembers complete
the 38th consecutive day in space.

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With another Soyuz now bound

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for the International Space Station crew
members aboard the orbiting complex remain busy

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to support ongoing research into the effects
of microgravity on the human body, biology,

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physics and materials as well as performed
some regular maintenance and upkeep to their

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to their orbital home away from home.

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The space station with the crew
aboard is now flying at an altitude

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of about 234 statute miles, the
orbiting facility is making a night pass

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on the southeastern track, having
made a path across Kazakhstan,

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this morning's Soyuz launch
site, about 35 minutes ago.

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Were now coming across the North Pacific Ocean.

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The expedition crew began their morning with
the first of two daily planning conferences,

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a couple hours after wakeup at
midnight Central Time today.

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Planning conferences are held with the
ground controllers at mission control centers

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around the world to review today's
activities and plan for the next set of tasks.

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The crew will participate in another daily
planning conference just before entering its

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pre-sleep period.

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A couple hours after today's ISS update hour.

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The crew is then scheduled to go
to bed at 3:30 p.m. Central Time.

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During today's ISS update hour, Commander Dan
Burbank will have completed a journal entry

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as part of an ongoing journal study.

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Burbank is now deactivating a photo TV laptop
to convert the current Russian video signal

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into a video signal for downlink via KU band in
advance of Friday's anticipated Soyuz docking.

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He will then participate in a standard
private medical conference and begin an hour

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of his two-hour daily physical exercise.

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Meanwhile aAnton Shkaplerov and
Anatoly Ivanishin are working together

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on the Russian BAR experiment that test
detection methods and means for depressurization

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of the International Space Station modules.

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The pair will begin their second hour
of physical exercise after concluding

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that science experiment operations.

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And earlier this morning, Commander Dan Burbank
had moved some food containers that were brought

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up on the last Progress supply ship.

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That Progress 45.

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He then relocated some items in airlock
to set up for a perform some maintenance.

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Regular maintenance scrubbing the
cooling loops of the two U.S. spacesuits

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that would be used during a spacewalk.

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Commander Burbank also changed out samples

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for the ongoing Preliminary Advanced
Colloids Experiment, known as PACE,

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within the Fluids Integrated Rack that
looks at how fluids react in microgravity.

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Later, Anton Shkaplerov and Commander
Burbank set up and tested the KU scheme

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for analog docking video in preparation
of the Soyuz TMA-03M's arrival.

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The Soyuz carrying the three new crew members
is scheduled to dock to the Rassvet module

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on Friday at 9:22 a.m. Central Time.

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Only a few hours after today's update
hour before their scheduled sleep period,

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the three station crew members will have
completed their two hours of daily exercise.

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They will perform some evening prep work and
hardware set up for tomorrow's activities,

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they will also participate in their second and
final daily planning conference before winding

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down their day with little
time and some personal hygiene.