Most will not get the chance to see a rocket from space in their lifetime, but thankfully, astronauts aboard the International Space Station have captured the phenomenon for all to enjoy. This amazing time-lapse video reveals the Russian Soyuz-FG rocket rising to Earth orbit, carrying a Progress MS-10 (also 71P) module to bring needed supplies to the ISS. Some highlights include city lights, clouds visible on the Earth on the lower left, blue / gold bands of atmospheric airglow running diagonally across the center, and distant stars on the upper right that set behind the Earth.
You’ll also be able to see a lower stage falling back to Earth as the robotic supply ship fires its thrusters and begins to close on the ISS. All of the astronauts that live aboard the Earth-orbiting ISS conduct numerous science experiments daily that expand human knowledge and enable future commercial industry in low Earth orbit.
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