NASA astronaut Kate Rubins launching to the ISS with two Russian cosmonauts

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, left, and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, center, and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, right

Sometime in mid-November, Kate Rubins and her crew will be welcoming SpaceX’s crew of four members, marking SpaceX’s first operational Crew Dragon mission. Three astronauts, Victor Glover, Michael Hopkins, and Shannon Walker, as well as Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, are the names of those crew members. All of these new members will bring the ISS crew count to seven, a higher number than usual, but NASA does expect this number to become average soon.

While onboard the ISS, Rubins will be working on multiple experiments. These experiments will include a cardiovascular experiment and work with the Cold Atom Lab, which is an instrument used to study how atoms behave.

The Soyuz spacecraft is scheduled to launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 1:45 AM ET early on Wednesday morning. Once launched, the Soyuz capsule will orbit the Earth twice and then dock with the ISS. The plan is to have the capsule dock at 4:52 AM ET and then have the crew aboard the ISS around two hours later.

NASA will be providing live coverage on NASA TV, which you can watch here.