fifteen for his five month stint on the international space station he's gone through his european space agency training up there he'll do experiments with the european space agency's module up there maybe even he'll get a spacewalk on the outside of the space station as well it's his unique in a way but we've got a brit going up he's officially i suppose the first brit there has the vast majority in the past of space crews have been from the u.s. and from russia are at the top of the chart yeah absolutely you know with a scattering from from europe as well there have been brits as well but they've either adopted u.s. citizenship to go through nasa or have privately arranged things and flown with russia's space agency so he is sort of officially the first brit there calling him major tim i think a play on the david bowie so on when when he was asked he said he feels confident about this mission he's looking forward to it and he may even one day want to be the first briton on the moon. one many years there's the it's about time britain got on board it is the explore all from the british interpla

second time to the i assess but new look up from the european space agency his first time to the orbiting space lab but he's got at least two spacewalks to do one to try and repair a camera on japan's keep but also to try and repair the r.s.s. for the hopeful soon arrival of. the multi-purpose laboratory module as well now a karen nyberg the american astronaut her second time to the i assess to spend six months or so away from her husband and a little three year old boy as well but not to worry they'll be having what they call daily internet protocol phone calls so she can chat with her family and once we do a live video conference call so the blast off is twenty thirty g.m.t. on tuesday that will actually be a two thirty am launch on the wednesday from baikonur with a dark sky the late night launch it should be a good backdrop for such a launch indeed and only full orbits after launch for orbits around planet earth than a six hour flight to the i assess to meet the remaining three members of expedition thirty six that have been on the i assess for quite some time at a height of three hun

heading up to the i assess at the new comer a look up out of mcdonald the italian from the european space agency his first venture up to the opening space lab and the whole crew being commanded by the russian soyuz come on the field or to go to chief they going to be heading up there in fact they approach all but they reach all of it in less than a nine minutes talk about going far beyond any speed of supersonic that is going to be what they call the fost track that is a full obit ring around that then a six hour flight straight to docking with the other three crew members of the international space station for the next six months they'll be conducting on approximately one hundred and fifty experiments a ranging from issues to do with bio fuel and clean energy they called maintenance to do as well numerous suspects will space walks are included in this team for the international space station it has been an absolute privilege and honor covering this life ferrazzi you know i am i'm a middle aged man and yet right now i'm a seven year old boy what showing a child a dream come to fruition is right

time heading up to the i assess and then you come a look up at me dano the italian from the european space agency his first adventure up to the opening space lab and the whole crew being commanded by the russian soyuz come on the field out of your chieftain talladega to be heading up there in fact they approach all but they reach all that unless the nine minutes talk about going far beyond any speed of supersonic that is going to be what they call the fost track that is a four. then a six hour flight straight to docking with the other three crew members of the international space station for the next six months they'll be conducting an approximate one hundred and fifty experiments a ranging from issues to do with the bio fuel and clean energy they called maintenance to do as well numerous speaks wall space walks are included in it this team for the international space station good to see they got the safe well isn't it a conversation coming up after the break they try to syria's war engulfing its neighbors news really winning the conflict is what crosstalk was covering just a couple of minutes fr

time heading up to the i assess at the new comer look up at me down over the italian from the european space agency his first adventure up to the opening space lab and the whole crew being commanded by the russian soyuz come on the field or if you're a chief they going to be heading up there in fact they approach all but they reach all of it in less than nine minutes talk about going far beyond any speed of supersonic that is going to be what they call the fast track that is for all bit ring around that then a six hour flight straight to docking with the other three crewmembers at the international space station for the next six months they'll be conducting on approximately one hundred and fifty experiments ranging from issues to do with bio fuel and clean energy they called maintenance to do as well numerous speaks wall space walks are included in this team for the international space station you're already enjoyed one of the best jobs of the year he said to us. it is good that we all got there in one piece all safe well that's the business twenty six minutes past the ten at night we were reportin

a nasa astronaut, a european space agency astronauts and russian federal space agency cosmonaut.his will join three other crew members already there is been about six months aboard the orbiting space station. there will conduct six spacewalks, including one in which the olympic torch will be taken outside in space. >> will be back with >> good morning. the time is 426 . let us check in with erica at a look at our forecast. >> good morning. >> good morning anny. >> we are waking up to mostly cloudy conditions. it does not look like fog will form today. looking at your extended forecast of a the next couple of days. by friday low 90s for your warmest inland spots. the days around the bay and upper 60s for the coast. if you think that is warm white until you see the weekend. for the tfull details on your 7y around they coming up in just minutes. >> a teenage girl injured in the boston bombings have something more unique in just a marathon finish his medal last night. she got a crown, which was named prom queen. >> cnn's mary dalanda has the story of our journey from a hospital to th