Friday, April 18, 2014

Up, up, and away!

T-Cell has taken off as of 3:25 EDT this afternoon!  We are excited, relieved, and waiting in anticipation for berthing with the ISS.  It's been a long journey, with delays, a scrub, two all-nighters, and it was beyond words to watch the bright streak of the rocket rise up across the grey sky and disappear into the heavens above.

We have a few days to wait for T-Cell opps onboard.  Until then, we wish safe travels to the Dragon capsule on it's way to the ISS.  And our gratitude to all the support on the ground - from our lab support at KSC to cold stowage to all the teams working like crazy this last week to make the launch possible.  Hurrah to SpaceX for a flawless launch!  Go Dragon!