🚀 Rocket launch from orbit.

Cosmonaut Kirill Peskov captured the moment of the rocket launch directly from the ISS, a view that opens only from orbit.

The Ptolemaic Universe 🪐

In ancient Greece, they knew about the existence of planets and other stars. But it was believed that they all revolve around the Earth. This is what the Solar System looked like in Ptolemy's mind. This model was abandoned only in the 16th century. The Ptolemaic Universe 🪐

In ancient Greece, they knew about the existence of planets and other stars. But it was believed that they all revolve around the Earth. This is what the Solar system looked like in Ptolemy's mind. This model was abandoned only in the 16th century.

Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy captured a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flying past the Sun.

The footage was captured approximately 13 km from the launch site in Florida.

Free flight in space.

In 1984, astronaut Dale Gardner made one of the most daring spacewalks — completely without a safety rope.

Using an MMU jetpack, he got close to the malfunctioning Westar VI satellites and captured it, opening a new page in the history of space operations.

🪂 Future parachutes for Mars.

NASA is testing new technologies for supersonic parachutes that will be used in future missions to Mars and other planets. In June, at NASA's Armstrong base, engineers tested a parachute with flexible sensors that measured the load on the canopy in real-time without interfering with its deployment.

The data obtained helps to refine computer models and create more reliable landing systems that can deliver scientific instruments and payloads directly to the surface of the Red Planet.

In the photo, a white parachute canopy is deployed in a clear sky, holding a capsule that was dropped from the AltaX throne in California.

🛸 When modules come to life in zero gravity.

Former astronaut Garrett Reisman showed an unusual effect during the delivery of a module to the ISS. In zero gravity, even small movements can lead to unexpected vibrations and displacements of massive structures.

💫 The Solar System on a City Scale.

Sometimes the most complex things are easier to understand if you reduce them to a familiar scale. Imagine our entire Solar System laid out on the streets of a single city. The planets become dots, and the distances between them stretch for kilometers.

🧑‍🚀 View of the Earth from the ISS

👽 The Space Spider's Hand.

The Canadarm manipulator on the ISS is used for a variety of tasks, from inspecting spacecraft before undocking to assisting in complex technical operations. At such moments, it truly resembles a friendly "space spider."