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Ariane rocket launch

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:18 pm
by thelordharry
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station sent down these snapshots of the launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with Europe's automated cargo freighter. Liftoff was at 2151 GMT (4:51 p.m. EST) Wednesday from the Guiana Space Center on the northeast coast of South America. The space station was flying nearby at the time of launch.

Looks like a little space firework :D

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Re: Ariane rocket launch

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:20 pm
by Lighthawk
Cool stuff

Re: Ariane rocket launch

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:26 pm
by thelordharry
A permanent human presence in space still blows my mind :)