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On An Otherwise Spotless Sun…
Aggh! It’s a TIE fighter. No wait, it’s a sunspot. No wait, it’s the International Space Station. But what’s it doing on the Sun? To wit: Transiting the Sun is not very unusual for the ISS, which...
View ArticleOoh, Saucy
Behold: a spectacular view from the International Space Station of an aurora generously slathered like salsa verde onto the Earth’s thermosphere just before midsummer 2017. To wit: About 400 kilometres...
View ArticleThe International Space Banana
Yeti Dynamics asks: What if a giant banana was orbiting the Earth at the same distance as the International Space Station? And now you are in possession of that knowledge. kottke
View ArticleTwilight From Orbit
Behold: the passage of day into night as seen from the International Space Station in 2001. To wit: …in this gorgeous view of ocean and clouds over our fair planet Earth, the shadow line or terminator...
View ArticleBask In It
A 140MP photo of Sol (across which the ISS is transiting) taken last Friday by asltrophotograpy enthusiast Andrew McCarthy. The full sized 140 megapixel image is viewable if you support him on Patreon....
View ArticleUp On The Roof
Two HD time-lapse videos from the ESA featuring astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Shane Kimbrough installing a new pair of solar arrays on the ISS last month. They also cleared out the gutters and fitted a...
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