Stargazing with SpaceX Dragon | International Space Station

Stargazing with SpaceX Dragon | International Space Station

NASA Astronaut Matthew Dominick: "Peering out into the cosmos from Dragon perched on top of the ISS . . . Today on each orbit the sun sets about 15 minutes before the moon rises. Shot is taken just as the moon comes up illuminating the Dragon with a faint blue in front of a sea of stars."

Technical details: 1s, f1.4, ISO 5000, 28mm

Expedition 71 Updates: 

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 71 Crew

Station Commander: Oleg Kononenko (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin (Russia)

NASA: Tracy Dyson, Matthew Dominik, Mike Barrett, Jeanette Epps

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science 

For more information about STEM on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation

Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)/Astronaut Matthew Dominick

Release Date: June 29, 2024

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