NASA astronaut and current International Space Station inhabitant Matthew Dominick has been sharinglots of coolheaded photos and videosof inside and outside the orbital frontier settlement with his followers on X ( formerly Twitter ) .
How , Dominick has just revealed that he ’s about to team up up with fellow NASA cosmonaut and lensman extraordinaire Don Pettit to chat about astrophotography in low - dry land orbit .
you’re able to take in the consequence on X at 4:05 p.m. ET on Wednesday , July 24 , and they ’re taking questions , too .
An X Space … from space?!@DominickMatthewjoins us from the@Space_Stationto talk of the town with@Astro_Pettitabout astrophotography in low Earth orbit . We're contract your questions — unite us Wednesday , July 24 at 4:05pm ET!https://t.co/6Ii2Au1Iv8
& mdash ; NASA ( @NASA)July 22 , 2024
At 69 , Pettit is currently NASA ’s honest-to-god participating cosmonaut and is set to make his fourth misstep to orbit in September . Over his celebrated career , Pettit has build a solid reputation for bring forth stunning epitome from space , and so he ’s sure to have plenty of captivating tidbits to share during Wednesday ’s event .
Dominick point out that presently after he was take to be an astronaut , Pettit was assigned as his wise man and stop up sharing a lot of his photography skills with Dominick ahead of his first trip to the ISS as part of a mission that began in March .
Most astronauts who chaffer the ISS might snap a few shots during their stop , but Pettit always takes things to another level during his stays , with his creativity and great eye often producing incredible results .
Take this endeavor showing star trail , Earth , and a part of the ISS :
superstar trail show the passage of time , and when captured from space can let on unique orbital phenomenon .
This photo document the airglow of the aura which separate streaking urban center visible radiation from the arch stars of deep space.@Space_Stationin foreground.pic.twitter.com/QAthb4UYaC
& mdash ; Don Pettit ( @astro_Pettit)October 21 , 2023
And this one take up from inside the place ’s seven - windowpane Cupola module :
Reflecting on reflexion : process in the@Space_StationCupola lay up for a nighttime passing of imagination while using a flashlight . I captured this minute as a self portrait .
Nikon D3s , 8 millimetre fisheye , f2.8 , 1/10th sec , ISO 1600 , Expedition 30 , 2012pic.twitter.com/ByTd7y8cin
& mdash ; Don Pettit ( @astro_Pettit)June 15 , 2024
Some of Pettit ’s images , like these single , have a scientific angle to them , too :
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& mdash ; Don Pettit ( @astro_Pettit)April 15 , 2024
Here ’s a long exposure from the ISS using a fisheye crystalline lens . Pettit notes that the image shows four small line made by cosmic re striking the television camera sensor :
Time exposure from the@Space_Station . This is a fisheye view with urban center lights abruptly stopping at a shoreline , like melting gold .
If you look closely , there are 4 small lines made by cosmic ray strike the photographic camera sensor . I see about one such streak every 8 - 12 K photos.pic.twitter.com/KFzKaWfLzg
& mdash ; Don Pettit ( @astro_Pettit)June 17 , 2023
Here ’s Earth reflected in the lens of a Nikon D3S that Pettit used to seize many of his simulacrum :
I took this photo of a Nikon D3s , with 8 mm f2.8 fisheye lens system with a opinion of Earth through the@Space_Station's cupola windowpane reflected in the lens on Expedition 30 .
The tools cosmonaut practice to document our experiences are just as of import as any other!pic.twitter.com / HjYniVIfKm
& mdash ; Don Pettit ( @astro_Pettit)October 12 , 2023
And finally , here ’s the man himself , handling many of the cameras that are kept on the ISS :
juggle with television camera aboard@Space_Station !
I wanted to see how many camera I could deal with at one prison term so I round off up the common suspect from the Cupola and filmed this time lapse succession in the airlock.pic.twitter.com/PAv8kDuGeT
& mdash ; Don Pettit ( @astro_Pettit)November 24 , 2023
With such a wonderful body of work already in the bag , we ca n’t await to see what Pettit produces on his next mission by and by this class . In the interim , be sure to contain out his schmoose with Dominick on Wednesday .
