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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       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   
      
            Rocket Launch as Seen from the International Space Station   
                Video Credit: ISAA, NASA, Expedition 57 Crew (ISS);   
        Processing: Riccardo Rossi (ISAA, AstronautiCAST); Music: Inspiring   
                     Adventure Cinematic Background by Maryna   
      
      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 25th   
      anniversary in 2023. 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.   
      
                       Tomorrow's picture: galaxies collide   
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          Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)   
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