Amazing photos captured the moment the SpaceX Crew Dragon and International Space Station (ISS) were spotted from Greater Manchester on Saturday night.
The rocket was spotted at 10.17pm, just minutes after the ISS passed over the UK. Rocket Falcon 9 blasted off from launchpad 39A at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida at 8.22pm.
The rocket was carrying the Crew Dragon capsule with experienced NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, 48, and Douglas Hurley, 53.
Scores of Manchester Evening News readers sent in their pictures of the mission. Katie Bower-Abbott captured the historic event from Westhoughton, Bolton.
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