Amazing photo of space station taken by astronaut Christina Koch, of her best friend, who met her in orbit / Boing Boing



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NASA astronaut Christina Koch, currently aboard the International Space Station, photographed this beautiful image of her boyfriend Jessica Meir launching into space in the direction of the ISS.

"What does @Space_Station look like when your best friend realizes her dream of always going into space," tweeted Koch. From Space.com:

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka and United Arab Emirates participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today (25 September) at 09:57 EDT (14:07 GMT or 18h57 local). They were to join a crew of six currently living and working aboard the International Space Station, including fellow astronaut Meir classmate Christina Koch.

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