the pair of astronauts took off at approximately 3:15 this morning from kazakstan.took the capsule nine minutes to reach orbit. the astronauts will be conducting research and are scheduled to return to earth in september. >> six hours and they don't make them check their luggage. they take the luggage with them. [laughter] >> not like a regular airline where you would still be waiting at the carousel. >> only jokes we could make on that 1t the weather looks pleasant for the rest of the day at least but come tonight i think we'll see a couple showers. >> okay. >> a few thunderstorms move in and that comes courtesy of a couple of different disturbances moving through. for now it's just a few fronts that are lifting in or crossing through and then over the weekend we have that system we were just talking about right before the break that's going to come in and bring additional rounds of showers and certainly some clouds. it also keeps things on the cool side. we're kind of all over the place here but i want to give you the windows of dry weather opportunity right now.

the space explorer made a safe landing today in kazakstan early this morning.come home. >>> health check tonight a tiny bug is becoming an even bigger headache for exterminators. >> health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman is at the big board with a disturbing development on wed bugs much that is a creepy picture behind you. >> i know. i feel icky standing here. fighting bed bugs has always been tough a new trial at purdue university says it may be getting more difficult. researchers there found some bed bugs are becoming resistant to two more widely used insecticides. five out of 10 test groups were resistant to one while three out of 10 showed resistance to the other bug killer. bed bugs are already resistant to several other chemicals. they urge pest management companies to use a variety of methods to get rid of them. >>> well, if you're monitoring your heart rate during exercise some devices are better than others. fitness trackers you wear on your wrist are great for counting steps but maybe not for measuring heart rate. researchers tested four bran