[FPSPACE] Astronaut imaged during ISS EVA from the ground

[LARRY KLAES]

December 10, 2009
Wow! Astronauts on EVA, As Seen From Earth

Written by Nancy Atkinson

 

 







Ralf Vandebergh's detail of an image he took on March 21, 2009 showing astronauts working outside the ISS. Credit: Ralf Vandebergh

 

Remember when it was a big deal when amateur astronomers starting imaging the International Space Station as seen from Earth, showing individual modules and other parts of the space station? 

 

One of the most proficient astrophotographers in that department has now just upped the game: Ralf Vandebergh has captured images of astronauts working outside the ISS during an EVA. 

 

Vandebergh, who lives in The Netherlands, used his 10-inch Newtonian backyard telescope to capture an image of STS-119 astronauts Joe Acaba and Steve Swanson working outside the ISS to install equipment on one of the trusses during the second EVA of the mission on March 21, 2009. Vandebergh told me he has been trying to image astronauts working outside the ISS since 2007, but hasn't been successful until now. 

 

"In all opportunities I had until now, the astronauts were not on a visible part of the station," he said "or they were in shadow or the pass or the seeing was simply not favourable

 

Full article, image, and video here:

 

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/12/10/wow-astronauts-on-eva-as-seen-from-earth/

 

 
 		 	   		  
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