Orbital Views of Expedition 68 Soyuz Rocket Launch | International Space Station

Orbital Views of Expedition 68 Soyuz Rocket Launch | International Space Station

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy shared orbital views from the International Space Station of the Expedition 68 Soyuz MS-22 rocket launch with astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA, and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos (Russia) onboard. Launch occurred Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022,  at 13:54 UTC (18:54 local time, 09:54 EDT) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Rubio, Prokopyev, and Petelin will spend approximately six months on the orbital complex, returning to Earth in March 2023. 

Samantha sent an accompanying message stating: "We had a spectacular view of the Soyuz launch! Sergey, Dmitry and Frank will come knocking on our door in just a couple of hours . . . looking forward to welcoming them to their new home!"

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An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the  International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Credit: Samantha Cristoforetti/ESA/NASA-JSC

Release Date: September 21, 2022

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