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Digital Trends
14 hours ago
- Science
- Digital Trends
NASA astronaut's first ISS time-lapse is a real stunner
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim has shared his first-ever time-lapse from aboard the International Space Station (ISS) — and it's a real stunner. The dramatic 68-second clip shows a changing view of Earth as the space-based facility orbits our planet at an altitude of about 250 miles. Recommended Videos 'My first time-lapse,' Kim wrote in a social media post that included the video (below). Kim said he managed to nail it thanks to some time-lapse tips shared by fellow astronaut Nichole Ayers. 'After seeing the result, I told her this felt like fishing,' Kim wrote. 'Prepping the camera, the angle, the settings, the mount, then setting your timer and coming back to hope you got a catch. And after catching my first fish, I think I'm hooked.' My first time-lapse. Thanks to some instruction and tips from @Astro_Ayers, I caught my first aurora. After seeing the result, I told her this felt like fishing. Prepping the camera, the angle, the settings, the mount, then setting your timer and coming back to hope you got a… — Jonny Kim (@JonnyKimUSA) June 6, 2025 The video shows the space station flying into the night, with city lights in Asia and Australia visible far below, and bright stars shining in the far distance. A short while later, a gorgeous aurora appears over the horizon before filling much of the frame. Toward the end of the clip, one of the station's solar arrays also come into view. Auroras are natural light displays in Earth's sky, caused by charged particles from the sun colliding with the Earth's magnetic field and atmosphere. While also viewable from parts of Earth, astronauts on the ISS can also enjoy a unique view of this natural wonder. Indeed, for most astronauts, witnessing auroras is one of the highlights of their time in orbit. Earlier this year, another NASA astronaut, Don Pettit, shared a dramatic view of an aurora, captured as the ISS flew directly over it. Kim arrived at the space station with two Russian cosmonauts after launching aboard a Soyuz spacecraft in April this year. With another four months of his mission left to run, hopefully the American will have time to create more clips similar to his first outstanding effort.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Astronauts track huge dust clouds over Canada and US
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Preparations for the arrival of a visiting crew, the continued study of how humans adapt to the microgravity environment of space, the service of systems on board a docked cargo ship and the documentation of European landmarks from Earth orbit kept the seven astronauts and cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) busy this week (June 2 through June 6), the sixth week of Expedition 73. "I noticed smoke over the Northern U.S. and Canada a few days ago, and it took me a little while to understand what it was. From our perspective, it almost looks like a differently colored cloud formation," flight engineer Nichole Ayers, a NASA astronaut, wrote on X on June 3 after spotting the smoke from wildfires in Canada that has caused evacuations in thee provinces and affected the air quality across several U.S. states. "The brown hue to the clouds and the fact that they overlapped the white clouds caught my eye. I've been trying to capture it daily to aid in understanding the smoke movement. I hope everyone stays safe!" Ayers wrote. Among the research that was conducted aboard the space station this week was: Bio-Monitor — For two days this week, NASA astronaut Jonny Kim wore this Canadian instrument to assess if it can collect his health data while being comfortable to wear and not interfere with his other activities. Virtual — Russian cosmonaut Alexey Zubritskiy, assisted by Sergey Ryzhikov, donned a pair of VR goggles as part of a study into the vestibular system's ability in microgravity to visually track movement while also keeping a sense of balance. Drain Brain 2.0 — Expedition 73 commander Takuya Onishi of JAXA (the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) measured the blood flow from his brain to his heart using electrodes from this rapid screening tool, which could help prevent and diagnose blood clots while in space. Elvis — Ayers worked with the Extant Life Volumetric Imaging System, a 3D microscope kept in JAXA's Kino laboratory, which she used to observe deep-sea bacteria samples. The demo could lead to using a similar device to identify possible infectious organisms in water supplies both in space and on Earth. Zubritskiy also spent a couple of days this week documenting Eastern European landmarks while fellow cosmonaut Kirill Peskov took photos of the Volga River and Aral Sea to visually assess the aftermaths of both natural and human-caused disasters. The crew also devoted time to maintaining the space station's systems, including: BEAM — Ayers and fellow NASA astronaut Anne McClain moved hardware into stowage aboard the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, which serves as a "float-in" closet for the station since being installed and inflated in 2016. Spaceborne Computer-2 — Kim replaced a processor cartridge for this commercial off-the-shelf computer, which is being assessed for its ability to facilitate research analysis without the need for Earth-based support. PCBA — McClain updated the firmware for the Portable Clinical Blood Analyzer, a handheld unit that is used to quickly test blood samples for numerous research studies conducted on the ISS. AstroPi — Kim also relocated this computer-controlled camera from a window inside the Unity module to a different window inside the European Space Agency's (ESA) Columbus module. Students remotely use a pair of these cameras for engineering and science projects. Ryzhikov also cleaned out a heater fan and filled an oxygen generator tank in the Progress MS-29 (90P) cargo spacecraft as well as assisted Zubritskiy in the work to service a neutron radiation detector in the Russian segment of the space station. In addition to the work detailed above, McClain worked on SoFIE-MIST. "SoFIE-MIST stands for Solid Fuel Ignition and Extinction–Material Ignition and Suppression Test," she wrote in a June 6 X post. "MIST consists of a small-scale combustion wind tunnel, cylindrical fuel sample, an igniter, radiant heaters, and instrumentation. By varying parameters like air flow speed, oxygen concentration, pressure, and level of external radiation, then viewing the resultant flame produced on the sample, we can better characterize early behavior of fire. This helps us choose better materials for use in space, and it helps determine the best methods of extinguishing fires in space." "This week, I changed out the fuel samples and igniter for the next science run." The Expedition 73 crew's activities this week also included preparing for the arrival of short-term visitors: Axiom Space's fourth commercial mission to the International Space Station is scheduled to arrive aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on Wednesday (June 11), assuming an on-time launch the day prior. Former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson will lead the Ax-4 crew, which includes pilot Shubhanshu Shukla of India and mission specialists Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski of Poland (and ESA) and Tibor Kapu of Hungary. The station crew reviewed the Ax-4 plan with mission managers on the ground while McClain and Ayers, who are assigned to oversee the Dragon's approach from inside the station, went over the docking procedures. The two used a computer to review the situations they could encounter when the Dragon nears the orbiting complex. Onishi readied the tablet computers that will be used by Whitson, Shukla, Uznański-Wiśniewski and Kapu during their two-week science research mission. As of Friday (June 6), there are 7 people aboard the International Space Station: commander Takuya Onishi of JAXA, Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers and Jonny Kim of NASA and Kirill Peskov, Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky of Roscosmos, all flight engineers. There are two docked crew spacecraft: SpaceX's Dragon "Endurance" attached to the forward port of the Harmony module, and Roscosmos' Soyuz MS-27 attached to the Earth-facing port of the Prichal node. There are also two docked cargo spacecraft: Rosocmos' Progess MS-29 (90P) attached to the space-facing port of the Poisk module and Progress MS-30 (91P) attached to the aft port of the Zvezda service module. As of Friday, the space station has been continuously crewed for 24 years, 7 months and 5 days.
CTV News
2 days ago
- Science
- CTV News
NASA astronaut captures aurora lights from space
Check out this timelapse video of the auroras from space that was captured by NASA astronaut Jonny Kim. NASA astronaut Jonathan Yong 'Jonny' Kim captured an aurora from space in a time-lapse video shared earlier this week. Posted to the social media platform X on Friday, the clip shows the Earth from high above the night sky, with aurora lights dancing over southeast Asia and Australia. A green haze appears halfway through the video, with red and purple coming into view soon after. The video has garnered almost 600,000 views and hundreds of reposts. 'I caught my first aurora,' Kim wrote on X. 'After seeing the result, I told (fellow astronaut Nichole Ayers) this felt like fishing. Prepping the camera, the angle, the settings, the mount, then setting your timer and coming back to hope you got a catch. And after catching my first fish, I think I'm hooked,' his post reads. Kim also thanked Ayers, for showing him how to film a time-lapse. Ayers frequently posts photos and videos of auroras from space on her X account. Kim was appointed a NASA astronaut in 2017. He arrived in space for his first mission to the International Space Station earlier this year aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket that launched on April 8. Prior to his space career, Kim has held various U.S. military positions beginning in 2002.
CTV News
2 days ago
- Science
- CTV News
Timelapse of the auroras from Space
Watch Check out this timelapse video of the auroras from space that was captured by NASA astronaut Jonny Kim.
NDTV
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NDTV
NASA Astronaut Makes "Ranger Burger" In Space: "Miss Cooking For My Family, But..."
A NASA astronaut recently shared what a cheeseburger in space looks like. Taking to X, Jonny Kim, a NASA astronaut on board the International Space Station (ISS), shared a series of pictures of his "ranger burger" creation floating in zero-gravity. The burger, like any fast food treat, consisted of "beef steak, wheat snack bread, cheese spread as both topping and glue, potatoes au gratin layered in the middle, and a generous slather of gochujang red pepper paste from a care package on the SpX-32 Cargo Dragon." "M+16: If you've lived on MREs, you've probably tried some creative field recipes," the astronaut, who has been on board the ISS since April 8, wrote in his post. "I miss cooking for my family. But this hits the spot in its own way," Mr Kim added. Take a look below: M+16: If you've lived on MREs, you've probably tried some creative field recipes. Here is a twist on the ranger burger, one of my favorites: beef steak, wheat snack bread, cheese spread as both topping and glue, potatoes au gratin layered in the middle, and a generous slather… — Jonny Kim (@JonnyKimUSA) April 30, 2025 Since being shared, the post has accumulated nearly 30,000 likes. Reacting to Mr Kim's snack, one user wrote, "Thank you for sharing this tasty looking sandwich and views from your adventures in space thus far! Lots of respect and admiration and gratitude for your service." "Im outer space while inventing new lunchables! Keep up the good work!" commented another. Jonny Kim is aboard the International Space Station. According to he took the photos of his floating food inside the Unity module, which links the US operating segment of the station to the Russian segment. It has a table where the astronauts and cosmonauts living on the outpost like to come together for group meals. Mr Kim's burger creation is special because astronauts in space are not only forced to get creative with what they have access to, but they have to make sure they're consuming enough calories while in outer space. Moreover, in microgravity, foods tend to taste bland because of fluid shifts in our body and smells no longer waft up into our nose. To correct for this, astronauts tend to prefer spicy foods or adding spicy sauces, like sriracha, tabasco or red pepper paste. Notably, when two NASA astronauts were stranded on the ISS for five months, they chowed down on pizza, roast chicken and shrimp cocktail. Unfortunately, processed food is what many in their position have to eat because the Space Food Systems Laboratory at the Johnson Space Centre in Houston has limited fresh fruit and veggies. All meat products - like the beef steak used in Mr Kim's burger - and eggs are originally cooked on Earth and are then reheated in space for consumption.
