Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                               2025 January 5

         IFRAME: [2]https://www.youtube.com/embed/B1R3dTdcpSU?rel=0

         Rocket Launch as Seen from the International Space Station
        Video Credit: [3]ISAA, [4]NASA, [5]Expedition 57 Crew (ISS);
       Processing: [6]Riccardo Rossi (ISAA, [7]AstronautiCAST); Music:
            [8]Inspiring Adventure Cinematic Background by Maryna

   Explanation: Have you ever seen a rocket launch -- from space? A close
   inspection of [9]the featured time-lapse video will reveal a rocket
   rising to Earth orbit as seen from the [10]International Space Station
   (ISS). The [11]Russian [12]Soyuz-FG rocket was launched in November
   2018 from the [13]Baikonur Cosmodrome in [14]Kazakhstan, carrying a
   [15]Progress MS-10 (also [16]71P) module to bring needed supplies to
   the ISS. Highlights in the [17]90-second video (condensing about
   15-minutes) include city lights and clouds [18]visible on the Earth on
   the lower left, blue and gold bands of [19]atmospheric airglow running
   diagonally across the center, and distant stars on the upper right that
   set behind the Earth. A lower stage can be seen [20]falling back to
   Earth as the robotic supply ship fires its thrusters and begins to
   [21]close on the ISS, a [22]space laboratory that celebrated its
   [23]25th anniversary in 2023. [24]Astronauts who live aboard the
   [25]Earth-orbiting ISS conduct, among more practical duties,
   [26]numerous science experiments that expand human knowledge and enable
   [27]future commercial industry in [28]low Earth orbit.

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    Authors & editors: [40]Robert Nemiroff ([41]MTU) & [42]Jerry Bonnell
                                 ([43]UMCP)
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                         [51]NASA Science Activation
                           & [52]Michigan Tech. U.

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