Subj : Daily APOD Report To : All From : Ben Ritchey Date : Mon Nov 26 2018 10:41:00 Astronomy Picture of the Day Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2018 November 26 Rocket Launch as Seen from the Space Station Video Credit: ISAA [2] , NASA [3] , Expedition 57 Crew [4] (ISS); Processing: Riccardo Rossi [5] (ISAA, AstronautiCAST [6] ); Music: Inspiring Adventure Cinematic Background [7] by Maryna [8] Explanation: Have you ever seen a rocket launch -- from space? A close inspection of the featured time-lapse video [9] will reveal a rocket rising to Earth orbit as seen from the International Space Station [10] (ISS). The Russia [11] n Soyuz-FG rocket [12] was launched ten days ago from the Baikonur Cosmodrome [13] in Kazakhstan [14] , carrying a Progress MS-10 [15] (also 71P [16] ) module to bring needed supplies to the ISS. Highlights in the 90-second video [17] (condensing about 15-minutes) include city lights and clouds visible [18] on the Earth on the lower left, blue and gold bands of atmospheric airglow [19] 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 [20] as the robotic supply ship fires its thrusters and begins to close on the ISS [21] , a space laboratory [22] that is celebrating [23] its 20th anniversary [24] this month. Currently, three astronauts [25] live aboard the Earth-orbiting ISS [26] , and conduct, among more practical duties, numerous science experiments [27] that expand human knowledge and enable future commercial industry [28] in low Earth orbit [29] . Latest: Insight to Land on Mars Today [30] Tomorrow's picture: dark soul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- < [31] | Archive [32] | Submissions [33] | Index [34] | Search [35] | Calendar [36] | RSS [37] | Education [38] | About APOD [39] | Discuss [40] | > [41] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff [42] (MTU [43] ) & Jerry Bonnell [44] (UMCP [45] ) NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply [46] . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices [47] A service of: ASD [48] at NASA [49] / GSFC [50] & Michigan Tech. U. [51] ---------- Site notes: [1] archivepix.html [2] https://www.isaa.it/ [3] https://www.nasa.gov/ [4] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition57/index.html [5] https://twitter.com/RikyUnreal [6] https://www.astronauticast.it/ [7] https://www.jamendo.com/track/1585181/inspiring-adventure-cinematic-background [8] https://www.jamendo.com/artist/491819/maryna [9] https://youtu.be/B1R3dTdcpSU [10] https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/ [11] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia [12] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz-FG [13] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/baikonur.html [14] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan [15] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_MS-10 [16] https://spaceflightnow.com/tag/progress-71p/ [17] https://youtu.be/aJy1u-N3NY0 [18] https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ [19] ap140803.html [20] ap160802.html [21] ap080514.html [22] ap151109.html [23] https://timpeake.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2018/11/ Space_Station_20th_longest_continuous_timelapse_from_space [24] https://www.euronews.com/2018/11/20/ iss-20th-anniversary-what-impact-has-it-had-on-science-so-far [25] https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2018/11/21/ three-humans-will-spend-thanksgiving-260-miles-above-earth/ [26] ap161105.html [27] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Scientific_research_on_the_International_Space_Station [28] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/ Alpha_Space_Small_Business_Makes_Big_Strides [29] https://www.universetoday.com/85322/what-is-low-earth-orbit/ [30] https://twitter.com/NASAInSight [31] ap181125.html [32] archivepix.html [33] lib/apsubmit2015.html [34] lib/aptree.html [35] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search [36] calendar/allyears.html [37] /apod.rss [38] lib/edlinks.html [39] lib/about_apod.html [40] http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=181126 [41] ap181127.html [42] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html [43] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ [44] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html [45] http://www.astro.umd.edu/ [46] lib/about_apod.html#srapply [47] https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html [48] https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ [49] https://www.nasa.gov/ [50] https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ [51] http://www.mtu.edu/ --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 (Windows/32) * Origin: FIDONet - The Positronium Repository (1:393/68) .