This Snowy Soyuz Launch Looks Like a Space-Themed Christmas Card
On Sunday, a Soyuz-2.1b rocket was successfully launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia’s northern space port, carrying a 3,119-pound Glonass navigation satellite into orbit. And boy was it snowy. As the photo shows, this nighttime launch was quite spectacular thanks to the location, close to the Arctic Circle. The shimmering snow, swirling smoke and illumination…
