european the first sharman to assume this function pressing his hand to the glass of the bus window aster alexhad one last message for his mother before he left off. and just enough time to send a tweet to his fans. next stop the international space station in two days from now if all goes well. three two one. see the writing there. of the team are no way along the way the capsule has successfully entered. designated orbit they're set to dock at the international space station on friday and the first time we have an opportunity with me is our science correspondent. the take off was picture perfect is there anything that could still go wrong now because they've got what you days before they actually get to the i assess space space is a very very dangerous environment so things obviously can always go wrong however just like with with airplanes the most dangerous times. of any measure and just have been so far of takeoff and landing in about three quarters of all faiths halliday's that have happened come down to really two in space come down to two fatalities with that with the shuttle program c

should it be full blast off aster alex waved goodbye to his fans. as he had a how to tell message for his mother some of our view is good wishes to the german astronauts. i swear i legs astro i like space sounds really intense and crazy but you handle it with no problem cool and easy easy step by time in the center of your beautiful pictures back to earth you will never get to see the real thing. the end of us is the end of the all the best for your journey and have a safe return i wish you a very pleasant trip i am very jealous of you. have a very nice view him and. take lots of pictures and i hope the food is tasty and. talk to these it's head and enjoy your time in zero gravity which sounds really cool you'll be a great commander and i know you'll do us proud oh it's wanted to experience weightlessness have an awesome time when you have got the fun no joy the experience and when you get back feel proud of what you've accomplished and have dismissed you are like stare at lights have a good trip it's going to be great like always a theater. baikonu

european the first german to assume this function pressing his hand to the glass of the bus window aster alexhad one last message for his mother before he left off. and just enough time to send a tweet to his fans. next stop the international space station in two days from now if all goes well. three to one. c.b. and the uniting their. top of the team are no way along the way the capsule has successfully entered its designated aren't there they're set to talk at the international space station on friday. the first time you have an opportunity to look outside your window and see view from earth well retired jamaican sprinter usain bolt is trying to blast off in his new career in professional football having already practiced with bruce you don't mind earlier this year bolton has now played in a friendly game in norway for club side stallman's got set wearing the shirt number nine point five eight his world record time for the one hundred meters the thirty one year old had the best chance of the game against norway's u. twenty team despite all its best efforts and some decent touches of the bal

european the first sharman to soon this function pressing his hand to the glass of the bus window aster alex had one last message for his mother before he left off. and just enough time to send a tweet to his fans. next stop the international space station in two days from now if all goes well. three two one. see it in the night in their. the team are no way along the way the capsule has successfully entered its designated orbit they're set to talk at the international space station on friday. the first time you have an opportunity to look outside your window. all right and joining me tonight is mark mccormack and he is the senior advisor for science and exploration he's down here on terra firma with us tonight we appreciate you taking the time to be on the show my pleasure mark we know the flight to us it takes two days we know that takeoff is probably one of if not the danger most dangerous point of the entire mission is there for between now and the i guess the docking in two days are they still in a high risk phase for you know everything we do in spaceflight is kind of risky we've been