The process of spacecraft launching into orbit looks from space

The sight of the Russian spacecraft carrying more than 2,500 kilograms of goods leaving the Earth is recorded by the astronaut.

Astronaut Alexander Gerst from the European Space Agency (ESA) recorded the spectacle of Soyuz missiles sending Russian, Progress MS-10 or Progress 71 spacecraft flying into space on November 16, according to Space. . He is the commander of Expedition 57 who lives and works on the International Space Station (ISS).

The ship launch process is equivalent to about 15 minutes in real time.

Gerst set up the camera to take a lot of intermittent photos through the ISS window. Photos are combined into time-lapse video with a fast-forward time of 8-16 times normal speed. The ship launch process is equivalent to about 15 minutes in real time.

The video shows the rocket's light as it flies up and separates the floor in seconds 7 and 19. The 34th second, the first floor of the rocket burns when it falls back into the atmosphere. Soon after, the Progress 71 was separated from the rocket and entered the orbit, preparing to approach the ISS station. At the end of the video, the ship becomes a bright spot in the sky while the Earth is still spinning below.

Progress 71 successfully brought 2,564 kg of goods to the ISS station on November 18. The ship was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome space station, Kazakhstan. The next launch here, scheduled to take place on December 3, will take the Expedition crew of 58 to the ISS station.

Alexander Gerst, Serena Auñón-Chancellor from NASA and Sergey Prokopyev from the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) began working on the ISS station on June 8. Under the plan, the group will be adding two astronauts last month. However, the plan failed due to the launch on 11/10 having trouble.

Russia quickly investigated the incident and arranged for the Expedition crew to be up to three weeks earlier, maintaining the ongoing human activity on the ISS station. Gerst's group plans to return to Earth on December 20.