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ARCHIVED NASA Astronauts
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Archived account – Hear from NASA astronauts, plus updates on astronaut activities.
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Caught a fish! Hope you enjoy this round of space fishing for beautiful auroras. If you’re wondering what the reflections in the lower left are, I made a rookie mistake of not having the shroud completely cover the window so you can see some crew activity (the cupola is located
00:00 - Lightning from Hurricane Erick, captured by @Astro_Ayers while orbiting Earth aboard the @Space_Station. 🌩We flew over Hurricane Erick this morning (last night for those on Earth), and I caught some of the lightning in the storm. I shoot these at 120 frames per second, and this bolt of lightning stuck around for over 40 frames! In these pictures, you can see the clear bolt outline,
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So, when I took this aurora, at first I thought that my settings were not correct because the aurora appeared white. I thought maybe the ISO was off, or I picked the wrong lens. Turns out, what I thought was white is actually light pink, and this led me down a path of learning.
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- Sometimes we see lightning strikes that illuminate an entire city at once. This is Singapore last night, and that was a huge thunderstorm. It’s hard to believe, but these pictures were taken all in the span of 1/40 of a second!
- ARCHIVED NASA Astronauts repostedSpace sushi isn’t quite the same as the fresh stuff on the ground, but it’s not bad! We had a crew celebration recently and one of our crewmates expressed how much they missed sushi (as do I). So we collected and pitched in our personal supplies of fish, spam and rice, coupled
- ARCHIVED NASA Astronauts repostedHappy 250th birthday to the @USArmy! The Army has long stood as a symbol of strength, innovation, and service to the nation. As an Army astronaut, I am proud to take that legacy to new heights.
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The Expedition 73 crew had a light duty day at the end of the week packing in vein scans, a pharmaceutical study, and lab upkeep. - ARCHIVED NASA Astronauts repostedReplying to @JonnyKimUSA @Astro_Ayers and 4 othersM+62: We don’t work behind payload racks often, but sometimes maintenance calls for it. In this case, cleaning out air filters and inspecting seals, and replacing chipsets in our servers, all with the assistance of Mission Control following along with live video. One thing
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I got to install some hardware into our Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) this week! This is the Ring-Sheared Drop-IBP-2 experiment that studies the behavior of protein fluids in microgravity and tests computer models to predict that fluid’s behavior. In microgravity, we can
