Space Station to be launched in about an hour

The International Space Station will be launched Friday from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, by the largest rocket in the world: the Russian Proton. The Space Station will be so large it will be visible from the ground. The lauch will be shown live on the internet at 6:40 GMT.H:As a quick update, the launch was succesful, and things are on track for the unmanned station to meet with the US shuttle Endeavour in two weeks time.