The Launch Acceleration

The Launch Acceleration is the twenty-third episode of the fifth season of the CBS sitcom, The Big Bang Theory. It is set to air on May 3, 2012.

Summary
Howard's launch date gets moved up to the same week as his wedding, putting him in a dilemma whether to pull out of the mission, or to postpone the wedding, especially since the formidable Mr Rostenkowski has chipped in a lot for the wedding. Leonard proposes to Penny, and risk endangering their newly-rekindled romance by possibly moving too fast again. Amy's few gestures for Sheldon stirs up a feeling inside of him that he does not know he has.

Title Reference
The title of this episode is derived from the date of launch of Howard's space mission with NASA being pushed up, to coincide on the same week as his wedding.

Quotes
Sheldon: Amy has embarked on a campaign to increase my feelings for her, by making me happy.

Sheldon: (Pleasantly surprised) ''Spaghetti with little pieces of hot dogs cut up in it! We should do this more often.''

Sheldon:(Realizes something) Uh-oh!

Trivia

 * Mr Rostenkowski (played by Casey Sander) will be introduced in this episode.

Reference

 * Bill Prady 's post on Twitter.
 * Taping reports on fanforum.com by user Shannon_nicole and 123sprinkles.