Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2025 January 5 IFRAME: [2]https://www.youtube.com/embed/B1R3dTdcpSU?rel=0 Rocket Launch as Seen from the International Space Station Video Credit: [3]ISAA, [4]NASA, [5]Expedition 57 Crew (ISS); Processing: [6]Riccardo Rossi (ISAA, [7]AstronautiCAST); Music: [8]Inspiring Adventure Cinematic Background by Maryna Explanation: Have you ever seen a rocket launch -- from space? A close inspection of [9]the featured time-lapse video will reveal a rocket rising to Earth orbit as seen from the [10]International Space Station (ISS). The [11]Russian [12]Soyuz-FG rocket was launched in November 2018 from the [13]Baikonur Cosmodrome in [14]Kazakhstan, carrying a [15]Progress MS-10 (also [16]71P) module to bring needed supplies to the ISS. Highlights in the [17]90-second video (condensing about 15-minutes) include city lights and clouds [18]visible on the Earth on the lower left, blue and gold bands of [19]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 [20]falling back to Earth as the robotic supply ship fires its thrusters and begins to [21]close on the ISS, a [22]space laboratory that celebrated its [23]25th anniversary in 2023. [24]Astronauts who live aboard the [25]Earth-orbiting ISS conduct, among more practical duties, [26]numerous science experiments that expand human knowledge and enable [27]future commercial industry in [28]low Earth orbit. Tomorrow's picture: galaxies collide __________________________________________________________________ [29]< | [30]Archive | [31]Submissions | [32]Index | [33]Search | [34]Calendar | [35]RSS | [36]Education | [37]About APOD | [38]Discuss | [39]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [40]Robert Nemiroff ([41]MTU) & [42]Jerry Bonnell ([43]UMCP) NASA Official: Amber Straughn [44]Specific rights apply. [45]NASA Web Privacy, [46]Accessibility, [47]Notices; A service of: [48]ASD at [49]NASA / [50]GSFC, [51]NASA Science Activation & [52]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://www.youtube.com/embed/B1R3dTdcpSU?rel=0 3. https://www.isaa.it/ 4. https://www.nasa.gov/ 5. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition57/index.html 6. https://twitter.com/RikyUnreal 7. https://www.astronauticast.it/ 8. https://www.jamendo.com/track/1585181/inspiring-adventure-cinematic-background 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.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia16292-baikonur-cosmodrome-kazakhstan/ 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. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140803.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160802.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080514.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap151109.html 23. https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-leaders-to-highlight-25th-anniversary-of-space-station-with-crew/ 24. https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/astronauts/ 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap161105.html 26. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_research_on_the_International_Space_Station 27. https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/commercial-space/low-earth-orbit-economy/ 28. https://www.universetoday.com/85322/what-is-low-earth-orbit/ 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250104.html 30. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 32. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 33. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 34. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 35. https://apod.com/feed.rss 36. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 37. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 38. https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=250105 39. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250106.html 40. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 41. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 42. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 43. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 44. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 45. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 46. https://www.nasa.gov/general/accessibility/ 47. https://www.nasa.gov/privacy/ 48. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 49. https://www.nasa.gov/ 50. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 51. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 52. http://www.mtu.edu/