NASA has released a nebula-like view of the SpaceX/NASA Crew 12 mission, which will launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on a reusable Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station on February 13.
What is it?
space x The Falcon 9 rocket is known to produce a dramatic “jellyfish”-like exhaust gas from a distance, as its nine Merlin engines burn a mixture of liquid oxygen and kerosene to generate the thrust needed to break through. earthachieves orbit by resisting gravity in the dense atmosphere of
imagetaken by photographer john krausoffered a novel, almost overhead view of the rocket’s intense exhaust plume, formed and backlit by the ferocious efforts of the Merlin engine.
Following his expulsion, gas, steam, soot Flowers that rapidly expand into the surrounding atmosphere and bloom; nebula was formed in the wake of supernova It exploded the moment I took the photo.
mission
NASAThe Crew-12 mission launched on February 13 at 5:15 a.m. ET (10:15 GMT) with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway on board. european space agencySocie Adenot and Russian cosmonaut Andrei Fezyaev during their journey to ISS.
Their SpaceX crew dragon The spacecraft successfully rendezvous and docked with the orbiting station on February 14, beginning the quartet’s eight-month stay in low Earth orbit as part of Expedition 74.
The ISS has previously been operated by a three-person crew: NASA’s Chris Williams and cosmonauts Sergei Mikayev and Sergei Kud-Sverchkov. January 8 Medical evacuation of four Crew-11 astronauts Due to undisclosed health issues.
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