Roscosmos On Instagram – Russia’s Space Agency Goes Social

On May 8, 2014 by Tim Newman

Roscomos Roskomos Instagram - Launch prep Soyuz TMA-12M

Roscosmos (or Roskosmos) is the Russian equivalent of NASA. As many of you will have seen, the NASA guys on the International Space Station (ISS) have recently been bang on the social media stuff and been busily beaming back some gems. As a lovely example here’s a link to a video of ISS captain Chris Hadfield demonstrating how to clean your teeth in space.

Now it’s the turn of the Russian guys. The Roscosmos guys have set up an Instagram account. Here’s some selected shots…

First up here’s the aurora australis (the aurora borealis‘ more southerly neighbour)…

Roscomos Roskomos Instagram - Aurora Australis

… and here’s the standard aurora looking just as fine…

Roscomos Roskomos Instagram - Aurora

Brazil…

Roscomos Roskomos Instagram - Brazil

Rocket launch in Turkey…

Roscomos Roskomos Instagram - camel in turkey

The white streak is a shooting star…

Roscomos Roskomos Instagram - Earth from space

ISS…

Roscomos Roskomos Instagram - glow Roscomos Roskomos Instagram - ISS space walk

Russia’s greatest wilderness – Kamchatka

Roscomos Roskomos Instagram - Kamchatka

Mount Kilimanjaro…

Roscomos Roskomos Instagram - Kilamanjaro

Lake Baikal… the freshwater lake with greatest volume in the world, containing around 20% of the world’s entire unfrozen surface fresh water. It’s also the deepest, clearest and oldest lake in the world. And nippy…

Roscomos Roskomos Instagram - Lake Baikal

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Roscomos Roskomos Instagram - Launch

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Roscomos Roskomos Instagram - Proton M Transportation

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Roscomos Roskomos Instagram - Space Pod

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