Seen From Space! Crew's Rocket Launch Spotted By NASA Astronaut In Orbit

Seriously, how cool is this picture? The International Space Station crew caught an incredible view of their three future crewmates

rocketing up to meet them today

around 5:17 p.m. EDT (9:17 p.m. UTC).

Expedition 39's Rick Mastracchio (from NASA)

shared this on Twitter

, casually mentioning that he will expect more crewmates to arrive later today. Upon the rocket were Steve Swanson (NASA), Alexander Skvortsov (Roscosmos) and Oleg Artemyev (Roscosmos).

Check out the launch video and some NASA pictures of the activities below the jump. (

Update, 10:21 p.m. EDT:

One of the engine firings

did not take place as planned

, meaning the astronauts will not dock with the station as planned tonight. The crew is safe and doing a standard backup plan that will bring them to the station on Thursday. We will provide updates as the situation progresses.)

arrives at launch pad. Watch launch live at 4:15p ET at — NASA (@NASA)

Tune to NASA TV for launch to . Coverage at 4:15p ET, launch at 5:17p — NASA (@NASA)

First image of crew in with Quack the duck, who will let them know when they're in 0-g — NASA (@NASA)

The crew launched to the aboard a rocket at 5:17pm ET. They will dock with station at 11:05pm. — NASA (@NASA)

And follow as he becomes first to Instagram from space! — Johnson Space Center (@NASA_Johnson)