Today 10 years ago I took the First Picture of a Human in Space from the Ground

• Today 10 years ago I took the First Picture of a Human in Space from the Ground by ralfvandebergh on 21 Mar, 2019 19:59
• 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
  

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• #1 by Hog on 23 Mar, 2019 22:05
• STS/ISS  those were the days.  I miss those 2 systems working together.
• #2 by AS_501 on 23 Mar, 2019 22:23
• Amazing imagery.  Philosophical question:  Is an untethered astronaut an "artificial" satellite or a "natural" satellite?  An astronaut is not "artificial".
• #3 by MattBaker on 24 Mar, 2019 02:05
• 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...
• #4 by woods170 on 25 Mar, 2019 06:10
• Quote from: AS_501 on 23 Mar, 2019 22:23

  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.
• #5 by daedalus1 on 25 Mar, 2019 06:25
• Quote from: AS_501 on 23 Mar, 2019 22:23

  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.