# Lift off
Author: StefanW

The Soyuz carrying NASA astronaut Steve Swanson and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev is scheduled to lift off from Baikonur at 5:17 p.m. EDT Tuesday (3:17 a.m. Wednesday, Kazakh time) and dock to the Poisk mini-research module at 11:04 p.m. NASA Television will provide live coverage of all the events, including the hatch opening planned for 12:45 a.m. Wednesday.

For more on NASA TV and launch coverage, visit: [http://1.usa.gov/1giafcn](http://1.usa.gov/1giafcn)

  

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