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Fossum during a spacewalk A self-portrait of Fossum taken on a spacewalk, listed on Popular Science ' s photo gallery of the best astronaut selfies. [4] He entered space for the first time on July 4, 2006, as a mission specialist of mission STS-121 to the International Space Station where he participated in three spacewalks.
NASA astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams on Expedition 13, with various floating photography equipment in Zvezda module Image of the clouds and Moon in the distance, by a Kodak DCS760C An example of digital photography by Donald Pettit on Expedition 30. It is a long exposure photo showing star trails. Astronaut Jessica Meir undergoing photography ...
Astronauts' photos reveal sunsets, moonrises, spewing volcanos, breathtaking deserts, and devastating hurricanes. See this year on Earth from space.
Byron Willis McCandless [1] was born on June 8, 1937, in Boston, Massachusetts. [2] A third-generation U.S. Navy officer, McCandless was the son of Bruce McCandless and grandson of Willis W. Bradley, both Medal of Honor recipients.
Colin Michael Foale CBE (/ f oʊ l /; born 6 January 1957) is a British-American astrophysicist and a former NASA astronaut. [1] He is a veteran of six space missions, and is the only NASA astronaut to have flown extended missions aboard both Mir and the International Space Station. He was the second Briton in space and the first to perform a ...
He started the ISS Astronaut Basic Training program in April 1999 and was certified as an astronaut in January 2001. Since April 2001, he has participated in ISS Advanced Training, as well as supporting the development of the hardware and operation of the Japanese Experiment Module Kibō and the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV).
There have been many space selfies, some of which use the visor of another astronaut's helmet as the mirror. Early space selfies after the word "selfie" was first used in 2002 [2] without assistance from another astronaut included Donald Pettit and Stephen Robinson. Pettit took one during the Expedition 6 in January 2003. [11]
Donald Trump mocked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after his top minister’s surprise resignation following a clash on how to handle the president-elect’s looming tariffs.