Sunday, March 30, 2014

PHOTO : Seen From Space! Crew’s Rocket Launch Spotted By NASA Astronaut In Orbit

Seen From Space! Crew’s Rocket Launch Spotted By NASA Astronaut In Orbit:

The launch of Expedition 39/40's Steve Swanson, Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev in Kazakhstan as seen from space. Picture captured by NASA's Rick Mastracchio aboard the International Space Station on March 25, 2014. Credit: Rick Mastracchio

The launch of Expedition 39/40′s Steve Swanson, Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev in Kazakhstan as seen from space. Picture captured by NASA’s Rick Mastracchio aboard the International Space Station on March 25, 2014. Credit: Rick Mastracchio
Seriously, how cool is this picture? The International Space Station crew caught an incredible view of their three future crewmates rocketing up to meet them today around 5:17 p.m. EDT (9:17 p.m. UTC).

Expedition 39′s Rick Mastracchio (from NASA) shared this on Twitter, casually mentioning that he will expect more crewmates to arrive later today. Upon the rocket were Steve Swanson (NASA), Alexander Skvortsov (Roscosmos) and Oleg Artemyev (Roscosmos).

Check out the launch video and some NASA pictures of the activities below the jump.

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