1 00:00:00,030 --> 00:00:05,910 Launch command has been issued. Second umbilical tower separated. Booster 2 00:00:05,910 --> 00:00:18,090 ignition and liftoff. We have liftoff of Nick Hague, Christina Koch and Alexey 3 00:00:18,090 --> 00:00:23,060 Ovchinin, now on their way to the International Space Station. 4 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:32,110 Good first stage performance so far. The Soyuz delivering nine hundred thirty 5 00:00:32,110 --> 00:00:35,530 thousand pounds of thrust from its four boosters in single-engine. The first 6 00:00:35,530 --> 00:00:39,970 stage of the Soyuz measures 68 feet in length 24 feet in diameter. 7 00:00:39,970 --> 00:00:44,940 Burning little fuel for the first two minutes six seconds of the flight. 8 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:47,960 (Simultaneous Russian-English translator) 9 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:59,660 40 seconds. The vehicle is stable. Copy all. This is one. Everything is nominal 10 00:00:59,660 --> 00:01:03,620 on board. The crew is feeling very well. 11 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:10,740 One minute into the flight 12 00:01:10,740 --> 00:01:14,560 everything looking good so far. The vehicle itself is now traveling at 13 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:18,740 more than a thousand miles per hour. 14 00:01:19,020 --> 00:01:22,840 Everything is nominal on board. The crew is feeling well. 15 00:01:27,300 --> 00:01:30,619 As we lose sight of the vehicle, transitioning to an animation. Everything looking good 16 00:01:30,620 --> 00:01:33,530 so far. This first stage with the four strap-on boosters 17 00:01:33,530 --> 00:01:39,400 will continue to burn until one minute 58 seconds. 80 seconds everything 18 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:44,620 is nominal. Copy all. The crew is feeling great. Everything's nominal on board. 19 00:01:52,500 --> 00:01:57,580 Good reports to the crew. About 10 more seconds of this first stage. Thermal 20 00:01:57,580 --> 00:02:01,899 control system parameters are nominal. Copy all. Everything is nominal onboard 21 00:02:01,899 --> 00:02:07,740 The crew is feeling well. Good call that the escape tower has been 22 00:02:07,740 --> 00:02:16,230 jettisoned on time. The four booster separations have been confirmed that 23 00:02:16,230 --> 00:02:24,780 core stage continuing on as the second stage. The launch shroud will be 24 00:02:24,780 --> 00:02:31,290 jettisoned at 2 minutes 37 seconds into the flight. The crew is feeling great. 25 00:02:31,290 --> 00:02:36,570 Soyuz vehicle traveling well over 3,000 miles per hour. 140 seconds. The launch vehicle parameters are 26 00:02:36,570 --> 00:02:41,560 nominal. Copy all. Everything is nominal onboard. 27 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:58,180 Good core stage performance. The launch shroud has been jettisoned. The rocket is 28 00:02:58,190 --> 00:03:06,340 now at forty eight miles high. Control descent display has been activated 29 00:03:06,340 --> 00:03:18,260 eliminated. Copy all. 180 seconds. The vehicle is stable. Good reports so far