Soyuz MS-07 Launch to ISS, Dec 17, 2017, Kazakhstan, 2:21 am ET (NASA TV begins 1:15 am ET)

Three new International Space Station (ISS) crew members will launch to the ISS on Soyuz MS-07 on December 17, 2017 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.  Launch is scheduled for 2:21 am ET.  NASA TV coverage begins at 1:15 am ET.

They are:

• Scott “Maker” Tingle, NASA
• Norishige “Nimo” Kanai, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
• Anton Shkaplerov, Roscosmos

Assuming the launch takes place as planned, docking with the ISS will be on December 19 at 3:42 am ET.  NASA TV coverage begins at 3:00 am ET.

This is the first flight for Tingle and Kanai, and the third for Shkaplerov.  They will remain on ISS for about four months