Astronaut Crisotoforetti Captured a "Space Angel" Photo from ISS

European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti captured a photo of a space-angel-like trail from the International Space Station. It has wowed several netizens who had the first glimpse of the photo.

Angel-like Trail in Space Amazes Observers

The traces that the crew left behind were seen from Cristoforetti's perspective as an amazing angelic figure that astounded the spectators.

It appeared to be an angelic figure with wings extended and ascending toward space, according to CNET's tech expert Amanda Kooset. The IFLScience blog, on the other hand, compared the trail to a huge, swooping space angel.

It nearly seems like a scene from a 1960s space movie, a shocked commenter said. It was said that it didn't appear to be real. It is stunning, but it appears unreal.

Astronaut Samatha Cristoforetti To Take Over the Expedition

Cristoforetti wrote on Twitter that they had a spectacular view of the Soyuz launch. She mentioned that Sergey, Dmitry, and Frank would come knocking on their door in just a couple of hours. She said that they are looking forward to welcoming them to their new home.

Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin were traveling to the International Space Station alongside NASA astronaut Frank Rubio. Oleg Artemyev, a Russian Cosmonaut who is a fellow Expedition 67 crew member, will officially be replaced by Cristoforetti. She is the fifth European astronaut to command the ISS and Europe's first female to do so.

On Sep 28, there will be a customary handover ceremony that revolves around the symbolic transfer of a key from the outgoing commander. The ceremony also signifies the conclusion of Artemyev's Expedition 67.

Cristoferetti expressed her humility at being chosen as the leader. She expressed excitement about using her time in space and on Earth to manage a highly skilled team in orbit.

Cristoforetti stressed that the dispute on Earth had no influence on how astronauts and cosmonauts collaborated in space, 400 kilometers (248 miles) above Earth, during a press briefing discussing Expedition 67 in April.

Soyuz MS-22 Spacecraft Docking in Space

The Soyuz MS-22 ridesharing spacecraft launch with NASA and Roscosmos went without a hitch despite tense US-Russian ties due to the invasion of Ukraine.

The mission is the first of up to three crew swap exchanges between NASA and Roscosmos and marks the return of US astronaut flights aboard Russian rockets.

Soyuz MS-22 was set to launch on Sep. 13, 2022, as originally intended, with three Russian cosmonauts. Yet the schedule was moved to Sep. 21. The agency planned that the end of the mission, or its landing date, would be on March 28, 2023.

This would have continued a run of missions spanning a year and a half in which no US astronaut took off on a Russian crew flight.

This is not the optimum rotation technique because it guarantees that an American and a Russian are always aboard the International Space Station (ISS), even if one of the crew vehicles has to return early due to a crew member's medical emergency or a system malfunction.

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