PHOTOS: Liftoff snapshots from Toucan viewing site BY STEPHEN CLARK

SPACEFLIGHT NOW

Posted: March 23, 2012

An Ariane 5 rocket launched with a European-built cargo freighter Friday, hauling fresh food, spare parts, propellant, water and breathing air for the six-person crew on the International Space Station.



Liftoff was at 0434 GMT (12:34 a.m. EDT).



These photos were taken at the Toucan viewing site about 3 miles south of the launch pad at the Guiana Space Center, the European-run spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.



Photo credit: ESA/Stephane Corvaja



















