Astronaut-photographer Thomas Pesquet recently captured photos of blue southern lights, a rarely seen hue that only happens under very precise geomagnetic conditions. The southern lights, or Aurora Australis, are visually similar to the more commonly known northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, and are beautiful displays of bright green hues sometimes tinged with red. While other […]
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As he prepared to end his stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), photographer and astronaut Thomas Pesquet decided to point his camera towards the vastness of space, revealing a stunning view of the stars with Earth in the foreground.
Astronaut Thomas Pesquet has photographed a rare blue “transient luminous event” over Europe that was captured as part of a timelapse he shot from on board the International Space Station (ISS).
Astronaut Thomas Pesquet has shared numerous beautiful photos of Earth taken from the International Space Station, but contrary to popular belief, making these photos isn’t as simple as just hanging out in the space station’s cupola.
While most know the International Space Station moves extremely fast, giving a solid idea of what that really means is not easy to convey. To help, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet has captured and shared an image that shows what it feels like to be traveling at about 17,400 miles per hour. Testing a method he […]
Photo Credit: Thomas Pesquet / ESA European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet recently published a set of images from the International Space Station of Earth that show only water and clouds, which makes the planet look very different than it is normally seen.
On Friday March 24, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet completed a spacewalk of the International Space Station while wearing a GoPro, capturing 8 minutes of stunning video footage of their work far above the blue orb we call home.