1 00:00:02,576 --> 00:00:04,276 T minus 15 and counting. 2 00:00:04,276 --> 00:00:07,806 T minus ten... 3 00:00:07,806 --> 00:00:08,916 nine... eight... 4 00:00:08,916 --> 00:00:10,866 seven... six... 5 00:00:11,276 --> 00:00:12,666 five... four... 6 00:00:13,196 --> 00:00:14,636 three... two... 7 00:00:14,636 --> 00:00:18,516 one. And ignition. 8 00:00:20,246 --> 00:00:24,306 Lift off! Lift off of Kevin Ford, Evgeny Tarelkin 9 00:00:24,756 --> 00:00:27,366 and Oleg Novitskiy as they head on a two-day trip 10 00:00:27,466 --> 00:00:28,836 to the International Space Station. 11 00:00:36,276 --> 00:00:37,766 Feels good. 12 00:00:42,996 --> 00:00:44,116 35 seconds. 13 00:00:45,216 --> 00:00:46,696 30 seconds into the flight. 14 00:00:46,696 --> 00:00:47,926 Good first stage performance. 15 00:00:47,926 --> 00:00:50,386 The Soyuz delivering 102 tons of thrust 16 00:00:50,386 --> 00:00:52,406 from its four boosters and single engine. 17 00:00:52,966 --> 00:00:56,026 The first stage of the Soyuz measures 68 feet in length 18 00:00:56,026 --> 00:00:57,486 and 24 feet in diameter. 19 00:00:57,656 --> 00:01:00,186 It is burning liquid fuel for the first 2 minutes 20 00:01:00,286 --> 00:01:01,286 and 6 seconds of the flight. 21 00:01:10,536 --> 00:01:12,916 50 seconds. Thrust is nominal. 22 00:01:14,516 --> 00:01:15,836 Everything's okay onboard. 23 00:01:22,636 --> 00:01:26,026 Pitch, yaw, rotation nominal. 24 00:01:26,756 --> 00:01:28,656 One minute, 10 seconds into the flight. 25 00:01:28,656 --> 00:01:31,846 Velocity is 1,100 miles per hour already. 26 00:01:32,236 --> 00:01:34,256 The numbers still good. 27 00:01:41,326 --> 00:01:43,726 80 seconds, all parameters are nominal. 28 00:01:44,906 --> 00:01:46,926 Everything's fine onboard. 29 00:01:46,926 --> 00:01:48,716 One minute, 30 seconds into the flight. 30 00:01:48,926 --> 00:01:50,096 Everything looking green. 31 00:01:50,096 --> 00:01:52,926 The crew is reporting that everything is fine. 32 00:01:53,166 --> 00:01:54,936 Thrusters are nominal. 33 00:01:55,966 --> 00:01:57,586 We heard alarm. 34 00:02:00,426 --> 00:02:04,146 Inaudible. But everything is okay onboard. 35 00:02:13,446 --> 00:02:15,116 One minute, 54 seconds into the flight. 36 00:02:15,116 --> 00:02:16,706 The escape tower has been jettisoned. 37 00:02:17,016 --> 00:02:18,296 120 seconds. 38 00:02:22,026 --> 00:02:22,786 Everything is okay onboard. 39 00:02:22,786 --> 00:02:24,836 The four strap on boosters have now been jettisoned. 40 00:02:24,836 --> 00:02:26,626 These have completed their job and have dropped away 41 00:02:26,626 --> 00:02:28,436 at an altitude of 28 statute miles. 42 00:02:28,436 --> 00:02:32,086 The Soyuz is now traveling about 3,350 miles per hour. 43 00:02:36,096 --> 00:02:37,446 There is a view inside. 44 00:02:37,446 --> 00:02:39,166 The hippopotamus there up above the crew. 45 00:02:39,166 --> 00:02:41,756 That is Evgeny Tarelkin there on the far right-hand side. 46 00:02:41,756 --> 00:02:43,346 Oleg Novitskiy, who is the commander. 47 00:02:43,726 --> 00:02:45,696 There at the bottom left hand side is NASA astronaut 48 00:02:45,696 --> 00:02:46,526 Kevin Ford. 49 00:02:46,526 --> 00:02:47,796 All parameters are nominal. 50 00:02:47,796 --> 00:02:50,576 The numbers still good. 51 00:02:50,806 --> 00:02:52,576 Three minutes, three seconds into the flight.