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Title: Today 10 years ago I took the First Picture of a Human in Space from the Ground
Post by: ralfvandebergh on 03/21/2019 07:59 pm

TODAY it is exactly 10 years ago that I took the FIRST PHOTO OF A HUMAN IN SPACE FROM THE GROUND - during the mission STS-119 to the ISS. Read what exact analyses I applied to be sure of it:

http://www.ralfvandebergh-astrophotography.simpsite.nl/astronauts-in-the-telescope

Title: Re: Today 10 years ago I took the First Picture of a Human in Space from the Ground
Post by: Hog on 03/23/2019 10:05 pm

STS/ISS  those were the days.  I miss those 2 systems working together.

Title: Re: Today 10 years ago I took the First Picture of a Human in Space from the Ground
Post by: AS_501 on 03/23/2019 10:23 pm

Amazing imagery.  Philosophical question:  Is an untethered astronaut an "artificial" satellite or a "natural" satellite?  An astronaut is not "artificial".

Title: Re: Today 10 years ago I took the First Picture of a Human in Space from the Ground
Post by: MattBaker on 03/24/2019 02:05 am

You basically only see his suit though, an untethered spacesuit is basically a tiny, limited spacecraft, so unless Gemini is a natural satellite because it has two humans in it...

Title: Re: Today 10 years ago I took the First Picture of a Human in Space from the Ground
Post by: woods170 on 03/25/2019 06:10 am

Quote from: AS_501 on 03/23/2019 10:23 pm

Amazing imagery.  Philosophical question:  Is an untethered astronaut an "artificial" satellite or a "natural" satellite?  An astronaut is not "artificial".

Artificial satellite.

Remember; the spacesuit is just a human-shaped one-person crewed spacecraft.

We don't refer to other crewed spacecraft, such as Crew Dragon, Soyuz or Orion,  as "natural" satellites.

Title: Re: Today 10 years ago I took the First Picture of a Human in Space from the Ground
Post by: daedalus1 on 03/25/2019 06:25 am

Quote from: AS_501 on 03/23/2019 10:23 pm

Amazing imagery.  Philosophical question:  Is an untethered astronaut an "artificial" satellite or a "natural" satellite?  An astronaut is not "artificial".

That's like saying the ISS is not artificial because it contains humans. Natural means not manmade (whether it contains a human or not). Only our moon is natural.