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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Маленькая планета Союз http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1415765/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Andrew Bodrov
Explanation:
Engines blazing, a large rocket bids farewell to this little planet.
Of course, the little planet is really planet Earth and
the large rocket is a
Soyuz-FG rocket.
Launched from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on June 6
it carried a Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft into orbit.
On board were
International Space Station Expedition 56-57 crew members
Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos,
Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA and
Alexander Gerst of ESA.
Their spacecraft successfully docked with humanity's orbiting outpost
just two days later.
The little planet projection is the
digitally warped and stitched
mosaic of images covering 360 by 180 degrees,
captured during the 2018
Star Trek car expedition.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
Specific
rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.