Watch live: NASA's Jonny Kim, 2 cosmonauts launching to International Space Station

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and his two cosmonaut colleagues will launch toward the International Space Station atop a Russian Soyuz rocket Tuesday (April 8) at 1:47 a.m. EDT (0547 GMT). Watch it live here and read our preview story.

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Science & Astronomy

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