{"id":221931,"date":"2025-05-23T04:39:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T18:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=1a5b9ded02628c3471416df2c9eba441"},"modified":"2025-05-23T04:39:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T18:39:31","slug":"preflight-flower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=221931","title":{"rendered":"Preflight Flower"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/54436495936-d264bedbd6-o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1628\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/54436495936-d264bedbd6-o.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Three bright yellow tulips with green leaves that have rippling edges sprouts out of the brown dirt in the foreground. In the distance is a Soyuz rocket on the launch pad.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 45% 95%; object-position: 45% 95%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/54436495936-d264bedbd6-o.jpg 5596w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/54436495936-d264bedbd6-o.jpg?resize=300,238 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/54436495936-d264bedbd6-o.jpg?resize=768,610 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/54436495936-d264bedbd6-o.jpg?resize=1024,814 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/54436495936-d264bedbd6-o.jpg?resize=1536,1221 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/54436495936-d264bedbd6-o.jpg?resize=2048,1628 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/54436495936-d264bedbd6-o.jpg?resize=400,318 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/54436495936-d264bedbd6-o.jpg?resize=600,477 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/54436495936-d264bedbd6-o.jpg?resize=900,715 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/54436495936-d264bedbd6-o.jpg?resize=1200,954 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/54436495936-d264bedbd6-o.jpg?resize=2000,1590 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A NASA photographer took this picture of a flower called Borshchov\u2019s tulip near the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 7, 2025, ahead of NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/dC807gzD9l8?si=w7DTuBpUqiMWEU9s&amp;t=3851\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dC807gzD9l8\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launching<\/a> to the International Space Station. The flower is unique to Kazakhstan, attracting many to study and appreciate its beauty.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A NASA photographer took this picture of a flower called Borshchov\u2019s tulip near the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 7, 2025, ahead of NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky launching to the International Space Station. 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