Ever wonder what the International Space Station looks like from the inside? Astronaut Don Pettit takes you on a little tour!
“Because I’m in space—and I can—I get to name these yo-yo tricks as I invent them.”
NASA Astronaut Don Pettit uses his off-duty time to practice his microgravity yo-yo skills.
I laughed way too hard at this
Dang I love my family
Picture of the Day: Star Trails From the International Space Station
“Astronaut Don Pettit created this image of star trails as seen from the International Space Station approximately 240 miles above Earth. He explains, “My star trail images are made by taking a time exposure of about 10 to 15 minutes. However, with modern digital cameras, 30 seconds is about the longest exposure possible, due to electronic detector noise effectively snowing out the image. To achieve the longer exposures I do what many amateur astronomers do. I take multiple 30-second exposures, then ‘stack’ them using imaging software, thus producing the longer exposure.” The above picture combines 18 such exposures.”
