Proton blasts off to space

Today, at 10:00 a.m. utc, a Proton rocket carrying Zarya blasted off to space.
Zarya is the first component of the new International Space Station or ISS for short.

The launch was a great success. Zarya is in a good orbit around the earth.

Less then 24 Hours away from launch

The proton rocket is less then 24 Hours away from launch. Proton will carry Zarya into orbit. Zarya is the first component of the International Space Station or ISS.

A call to all stations today resulted in a Go for launch for tomorrow since every station is ready for launch.

Launch is targeted for 10:00 a.m. utc.

Zarya launch date

The launch date for the launch of Zarya is chosen.

Zarya, atop of a Proton K, will launch on the following date:

Date: Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Time: 10:00 a.m. utc

Zarya will be rolled to the launch pad one week before launch, so that'll be 5 May.

This is the first launch for RSSA and the first launch of the ISS project.

Proton with Zarya at launch pad

Today was the roll-out of the Proton launcher, with the Zarya module atop of it.
Proton will launch the Zayra module to a stable orbit in space.

Zarya is the first component of the ISS. It has two large docking ports, one normal docking port, and one Soyuz-like docking port.

Zarya is one of the two major components of the ISS. The second one is Zvezda.

The launch is targeted for Wednesday 12 May, 11:00 p.m. UTC