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International Space Station Crossing the Moon
Thierry Legault is an engineer and astrophotographer living near Paris. Big city skies are notoriously bad for stargazing due to the light pollution, so he drove 155 miles to a remote spot in the countryside of Bourges, France to perform his hobby. And on that night, something extraordinary happened.Despite foggy weather, Legault managed to capture the split second when the International Space Station passed through the moon. The moment was photographed in such great detail that you can make out the spaceship’s solar panels. Legault wrote in a Facebook Post:Many modules and spacecrafts are visible, in particular the SpaceX Crex-3 Dragon.I had to ride 250 km from home and find a remote place in the countryside in the center of the transit path, in the middle of the night between the blankets of fog.As shown by the video, the transit (prepared on www.transit-finder.com) lasted only 1/2 second, at the speed of 27000 km/h.Tycho crater near the ISS is 85 km wide and one of the youngest craters on the Moon ("only" 100 million years old). The large surrounding rays were caused by the impact of an asteroid comparable in size to the body that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.The image is so impressive that even senior NASA photographer Bill Ingalls praised it while retweeting the snapshot. Of course, there are also naysayers who doubted the authenticity of the picture, but Legault chose to see it as a compliment: if it seems too good to be true then he must’ve done a great job at capturing it.Image: Thierry Legault#ISS #InternationalSpaceStation #Moon #LunarTransit #ThierryLegaultSource: Astrophotography, Legault's official website
The Planned Death of the International Space Station
The International Space Station was launched in 1998, and by now it seems like it was always there. But all good things must come to an end, and the ISS will be decommissioned in 2030. Then what? Because the space station is in a relatively low orbit, it currently has to be boosted on a regular basis to keep it from falling to earth. Once it is abandoned, it must be destroyed. This week, NASA released their plan for bringing the ISS back down to earth safely. In January of 2031, the ISS will be "de-orbited" with the aim of crashing it into the Pacific Ocean at a place called Point Nemo, which is also the “Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility” because it is 2,700 miles from any land, and therefore void of shipping traffic. This spot is the traditional graveyard of space debris.
The Ultimate House Tour: Float Through the International Space Station with a 360 Degree Camera
The International Space Station may perhaps be the most challenging place to go to. For one, you have to be an astronaut to live there, and being an astronaut requires a lot. To be one, you'd need a master's degree in a STEM field and at least two years of related, professional experience. Last but not least, you need to be able to pass the NASA astronaut physical. It is without saying that there are only a few people qualified to go to the ISS. The rest of us, meanwhile, are left wondering what it is like inside the orbital outpost.ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet shows us around the station with a 360 camera. And what's inside the station, you ask? Well, it's mostly wires and lots of monitors.(Video Credit: European Space Agency, ESA)#NASA #ESA #InternationalSpaceStation #ISS #Space
Astronauts Use Space Chiles to Make Space Tacos
Crew members aboard the International Space Station have been growing a garden in space. The Plant Habitat-04 experiment grew a crop of hybrid Hatch chiles of the NuMex "Española Improved" variety in microgravity. What better way to test the ability to grow food in space than to eat the harvest? The plants have been growing since July, and Friday the astronauts tasted both green and fully-ripe red chiles. NASA astronaut Megan McArthur then made fajitas with the chiles, combing them with beef, rehydrated tomatoes and artichokes, and tortillas. It's not the first garden grown in space; other crews have grown lettuce, kale, and Chinese cabbage. Still, this is no doubt the tastiest crop they've grown yet. Read more about the experiment at Cnet. -via reddit(Image credit: NASA)#ISS #spacegarden #spacefood #chiles
This Weirdly Intelligent Brainless Blob is Being Sent Out to Space for Experiments
‘The Blob’, a slime mold with the scientific name Physarum polycephalum, is being sent to the International Space Station, where scientists are hoping to gain more knowledge of microgravity’s impacts on the organism’s growth and behavior towards food (primarily oats) and its environment.Shortly after the Blob arrives at the ISS, European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet will have the honor of awakening it with a few drops of water. The blob will be then observed over a period of seven days before going into a dormant state.Despite lacking a brain, the Blob is capable of performing basic cognitive tasks such as thinking, decision making, sleeping, learning, and even navigating mazes. Scientists have also observed the organism’s ability to adapt and communicate information to other slime molds.The experiment will be broadcasted all over the world and students aged 10-18 years old from 5000 schools will participate by comparing their findings on Earth with those found in space. According to Evelyne Cortiade-Marché, head of the CNES education department, “[the] Blob is a unique experience that stimulates student curiosity about themes such as the impact of the environment on organisms and the development of living organisms.” The Blob will be launched into space on August 10th alongside the Northrop Grumman’s 16th commercial resupply services mission. The Blob will also be joined by several other science experiments aboard the ISS. Image: CBI/CRCA/CNES/CNRS PHOTOTHÈQUE/DAVID VILLA / SCIENCEIMAGE, 2021. #science #space #iss #blob #slime #mold #experiment #educational #biology
Space Olympics: Astronauts on the ISS Just Held Their Own Olympic Games
Why let all those gravity-bound athletes have all the fun at the Olympic Games?Astronauts at the International Space Station has just held their own "Space Olympics" with a weightless twist. There was the lack-of-floor routine gymnastic event, the No-handball where astronauts had to get a ping-pong ball through the hatch by blowing on it, synchronized space swimming, and weightless sharpshooting.European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet tweeted: "The first Space Olympics. 4 disciplines. 7 athletes. 2 teams, and a boost for crew cohesion."In Space Olympics, everybody wins!#Olympics #SpaceOlympics #InternationalSpaceStation #ISS #astronaut #weightless #sports
This is How Russian Cosmonauts Opened the Hatch That Connects the Lab Module to the International Space Station
Last week, Russian space agency Roscosmos' lab module docked with the International Space Station with a bit of drama: due to a software glitch, the module fired its thrusters which caused the space station to spin and tilt.After the situation was stabilized, the cosmonauts inside the Russian module, nicknamed 'Nauka' (Russian for 'science') were able to open the hatch that connect it to the space station and moved inside.The two cosmonauts, Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov, took a video clip of their opening of the hatch. It's an interesting sight to see: Novitsky used a special key then he and Dubrov pushed the hatch directly outwards then swung it away before the cosmonaut went through it.At the end of the clip, there's a brief tour of the Nauka lab module.#InternationalSpaceStation #ISS #spacestation #NaukaModule #cosmonaut #Roscosmos #hatch
ISS Solar Transit: Space Station Crossing in Front of the Sun
NASA photographer Joel Kowsky took a series of snapshots of the International Space Station (ISS) in silhouette transiting in front of the Sun at about 5 miles per second or 18,000 mph (29,000 kph).At the time that Kowsky took that photo, astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Thomas Pesquet were outside the ISS on a spacewalk to upgrade the space station's power supply.Image: Joel Kowsky/NASA#SolarTransit #ISS #sun #space
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