It truly is amazing what humans are capable of.
👏You’re looking at three space travelers lifting off atop a Soyuz rocket.
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At 4:05 a.m.
EDT,
crew members Chris Cassidy (@Astro_Seal)
of @NASAAstronuats and Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of the Russian space agency @roscosmosofficial launched on their way to the @iss.
They arrived at the space station at 10:13 a.m.
EDT where they will work and live until October of this year.
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The next time you see our astronauts launching to space,
they will be lifting off right from @NASAKennedy in Florida as part of our Commercial Crew Program.
This will be a big day for us and the country,
so get excited!
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Image Credit:
NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin⁣
⁣ #NASA #LiftOff #Incredible #AstronautLife #Space #PhotographyOfTheDay

Find someone who looks at you the way @Astro_Seal looks at Earth 😍
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At 4:05 a.m.
EDT tomorrow,
Chris Cassidy of @NASAAstronauts will launch alongside crewmates Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of the Russian space agency @roscosmosofficial to the @ISS.
This will be Cassidy’s third trip to the orbital lab,
and he says he will be savoring every minute of it.
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Early risers and night owls,
unite!
And tune into launch coverage starting at 3 a.m.
EDT.
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nasa.gov/live ⁣
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Image Credit:
NASA⁣
⁣ #RocketLaunch #NASA #EarthPics #NavySeals #RelationshipGoals⁣

Sometimes...
there’s more than meets the eye.
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Swipe to reveal two very different takes on an iconic image.
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In the first image,
researchers revisited one of @NASAHubble's most popular sights:
the Eagle Nebula’s Pillars of Creation.
Here,
the pillars are seen in infrared light,
which pierces through obscuring dust and gas and unveil a more unfamiliar —
but just as amazing —
view of the pillars.
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The entire frame is peppered with bright stars and baby stars are revealed being formed within the pillars themselves.
Swipe left to view the same image in visible light.⁣
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Image Credit:
NASA,
ESA/Hubble and the Hubble Heritage Team⁣
⁣ #NASA #PillarsOfCreation #Suprises #Swipe #Universe⁣