APOD: 2021 April 1 - Rocket Launch as Seen from the Space Station

Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Video Clip of the Day (AVCOD) for Thursday, April 1, 2021 entitled "Rocket Launch as Seen from Space."

Image: Rocket launch viewed from ISS

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"Explanation: Have you ever seen a rocket launch -- from space? A close inspection of the featured time-lapse video will reveal a rocket rising to Earth orbit as seen from the International Space Station (ISS). The Russian Soyuz-FG rocket was launched in November 2018 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying a Progress MS-10 (also 71P) module to bring needed supplies to the ISS. Highlights in the 90-second video (condensing about 15-minutes) include city lights and clouds visible on the Earth on the lower left, blue and gold bands of 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 falling back to Earth as the robotic supply ship fires its thrusters and begins to close on the ISS, a space laboratory that celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2018. Astronauts who live aboard the Earth-orbiting ISS conduct, among more practical duties, numerous science experiments that expand human knowledge and enable future commercial industry in low Earth orbit."

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FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen LTC (Join to see) SCPO Morris Ramsey MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Sgt Albert Castro PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Stephen Rogerson SSG Samuel Kermon SSG Franklin Briant SP5 Geoffrey Vannerson SMSgt David A Asbury A1C Riley Sanders SPC Margaret Higgins SPC Michael Oles SR TSgt David L. Maj Marty Hogan

These are always huge and spectacular when viewed from the ground -- thanks for the new perspective

Good "Thursday" Morning my good friend and Astronomy Enthusiast Maj William W. 'Bill' Price - thanks for sharing the APOD Video Titled: "Rocket Launch as Seen from Space." Have a great day Bill!