European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti photographed the Russian launch
Samantha Cristoforetti aboard the ISS. Image: NASA/SWNS
Amanda Kooser, a technology expert for the website CNET, compared it to an “angelic figure with wings spread, rising into orbit,” Alerta Geo reports.
In turn, astronaut Cristoforetti, who will soon take on the role of commander of the International Space Station, wrote: “We saw a breathtaking view of the Soyuz launch.”
Image: NASA/SWNS
“Sergey, Dmitry and Frank will knock on our doorin a couple of hours and we can’t wait to welcome them to their new home!” she added. Now all the astronauts are already on board the ISS and are conducting scientific missions.
Let us remind you that earlier NASA astronaut Frank Rubio went to the ISS along with Russian cosmonauts Sergei Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin.
As a reminder, Samantha Cristoforetti is an Italian astronaut and the third female astronaut of the European Space Agency and the first female astronaut of the Italian Space Agency.
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