WEST POINT, N.Y. – Former Army West Point baseball standout Shane Kimbrough '89 launched into space this morning on his way to the International Space Station.
Kimbrough, joined by Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of the Russian space agency, left from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 4:05 a.m. Wednesday. At the time of launch, the space station was flying 252 statute miles over the south Atlantic, east of Brazil.
Over the next two days, the Expedition 49 team will orbit the Earth 34 times before docking to the space station's Poisk module at 5:59 a.m. Friday.