A private astronaut returning to Earth filmed gorgeous views of the planet
By ForGeeks Axiom Space’s third private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) was supposed to last two weeks, but the European crew stayed on for a few extra days while they waited for weather conditions to improve at the drop site off the coast of Daytona, Fla.
Axiom Space’s third private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) was supposed to last two weeks, but the European crew stayed on for a few extra days while they waited for weather conditions to improve at the drop site off the coast of Daytona, Fla.
After undocking from the space station on Wednesday, Ax-3 crew members Walter Villaday, Alper Gezerawci and Markus Wandt and professional astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria traveled home on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, which is scheduled to touch down Friday morning.
At the end of the mission, the Ax-3 crew members Walter Villaday, Alper Gezerawci and Markus Wandt and professional astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria traveled home on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, which is scheduled to land Friday morning.
In extra time aboard the orbital outpost, Wandt, who has shown he has sharp eyesight during his time in orbit, shared the latest set of stunning photos of Earth taken from the ISS at an altitude of about 250 miles.
Wandt, who has shown he has sharp eyesight during his time in orbit, shared the latest set of stunning photos of Earth taken from the ISS at an altitude of about 250 miles.
Something in the things she shows me…
#Muninn #Earth #NoFilter pic.twitter.com/jXwh3wnUCO
— Marcus Wandt (@astro_marcus) February 8, 2024
Wandt won’t say what camera he used to take the picture, but it is known that the space station has a large collection of professional cameras and lenses for visitors to use. What’s more, NASA is in the process of upgrading ISS equipment from older DSLRs to Nikon Z9 mirrorless cameras, after a shipment of such cameras was delivered to the station last month.
Wandt said that the station has a large collection of professional cameras and lenses for visitors to use.
In between scientific research, astronauts aboard the ISS often head to the dome — a module with seven windows that offer panoramic views of Earth and beyond. It’s an ideal vantage point from which to take pictures of our planet.
An ideal vantage point from which to take pictures of our planet.
And because the station makes 16 revolutions around the Earth every 24 hours, the picture is constantly changing whenever you get a chance to look out of the dome.
