Photo: Soyuz TMA-06M Smoke Trails As Seen from the International Space Station

Status Report From: NASA HQ
Posted: Friday, October 26, 2012

This view of Earth's horizon, shows smoke trails from the launch of the Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft, was photographed by an Expedition 33 crew member on the International Space Station. The Soyuz, with Expedition 33 crew members Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of Roscosmos onboard, launched at 4:51 p.m. Kazakhstan time (5:51 a.m. CDT) on Oct. 23, 2012, from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.ISS033-E-015386 (23 Oct. 2012) --- high res (0.9 M) low res (33 K)