{"id":27564,"date":"2025-05-12T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T09:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=27564"},"modified":"2025-05-12T09:23:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T09:23:13","slug":"nasas-don-pettit-shot-220-days-of-amazing-photos-from-the-i-s-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=27564","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Don Pettit Shot 220 Days of Amazing Photos From the I.S.S."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Don Pettit, NASA\u2019s oldest active astronaut<\/a>, returned to Earth on April 20, the day he turned 70 years old. That concluded his fourth trip to space \u2014 a busy 220 days at the International Space Station.<\/p>\n

Like other crew members on the space station, Mr. Pettit conducted experiments, talked with students and exercised for hours to maintain his health and to stave off loss of bone density. But the most eye-catching work he performed in orbit was his photography.<\/p>\n

Most people on Earth will never get a chance to go to space. \u201cI could try to give them a glimpse through my imagery,\u201d Mr. Pettit said during a news conference a couple of weeks after his return.<\/p>\n

Mr. Pettit noted that hard-core photographers always want to have a camera in hand. \u201cI could look out the window and just enjoy the view,\u201d he said. \u201cBut when I\u2019m looking out the window, just enjoying the view, it\u2019s like, \u2018Oh, wow, a meteor. Oh, wow. Look at that. Man, there\u2019s a flash there. What\u2019s that?\u2019 And, \u2018Oh, look at that, a volcano going off.\u2019 It\u2019s like, \u2018OK, where\u2019s my camera? I got to record that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Sometimes he set up five cameras at once in the space station\u2019s cupola module<\/a>, where seven windows provide panoramic views of space and Earth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Don Pettit, NASA\u2019s oldest active astronaut, returned to Earth on April 20, the day he turned 70 years old. That concluded his fourth trip to space \u2014 a busy 220 days at the International Space Station.Like other crew members on the space station, Mr. Pettit conducted experiments, talked with students and exercised for hours to maintain his health and to stave off loss of bone density. But the most eye-catching work he performed in orbit was his photography.Most people on Earth will never get a chance to go to space. \u201cI could try to give them a glimpse through my imagery,\u201d Mr. Pettit said during a news conference a couple of weeks after his return.Mr. Pettit noted that hard-core photographers always want to have a camera in hand. \u201cI could look out the window and just enjoy the view,\u201d he said. \u201cBut when I\u2019m looking out the window, just enjoying the view, it\u2019s like, \u2018Oh, wow, a meteor. Oh, wow. Look at that. Man, there\u2019s a flash there. What\u2019s that?\u2019 And, \u2018Oh, look at that, a volcano going off.\u2019 It\u2019s like, \u2018OK, where\u2019s my camera? I got to record that.\u2019\u201dSometimes he set up five cameras at once in the space station\u2019s cupola module, where seven windows provide panoramic views of space and Earth.Don Pettit\/NASA<\/p>\n

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