Launch of Russian Spacecraft Captured in Stunning Outer Space Timelapse

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Launch of Russian Spacecraft Captured in Stunning Outer Space Timelapse

An impressive timelapse captured by astronaut Alexander Gerst while on board the International Space Station shows the Russian Progress MS-10 launching into space on November 16.

Gerst gave the following information regarding key moments in the video as the cargo spacecraft launches: “00:07 – Rocket booster separation. 00:19 – Core stage separation. 00:34:05 – Core Stage starts burning in the atmosphere. 00:34:19 Progress separates from rocket.”

The Progress MS-10 spacecraft carried 2.5 metric tons of supplies to the astronauts on board the International Space Station on the day of its launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: ESA/NASA/Alexander Gerst via Storyful


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