Now I am pretty big into my astronomy and on the very few rare occasions, I have been lucky enough to see the Milky Way with my own two eyes. I have only ever seen the Milky Way clearly in two locations, one being in France and the other in Cumbria (UK). I truly was awe struck to behold such an incredible, mind blowing sight. However this all being said, when I saw this on the NASA site, I have to confess, I was slightly jealous :). This all being said, this image captured by Astronaut Reid Wiseman, is just phenomenal. Could you imagine being up there looking at that view? This is the awesomeness that people forget about how much NASA does give to us all.
NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman captured this image from the International Space Station and posted it to social media on Sept. 28, 2014, writing, “The Milky Way steals the show from Sahara sands that make the Earth glow orange.”
Aboard the space station, the six-person Expedition 41 crew is currently preparing for two spacewalks set for Oct. 7 and 15. During the first six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk, slated to begin on Oct. 7 around 8:10 a.m. EDT, Wiseman and European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst will transfer a previously uninstalled pump module from its temporary stowage location to the External Stowage Platform-2. The two spacewalkers also will install the Mobile Transporter Relay Assembly that adds the capability to provide “keep-alive†power to the system that moves the station’s robotic arm between worksites. NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore will join Wiseman for the second Expedition 41 spacewalk on Oct. 15.
Resourced: NASA
Image Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman
Milky Way Viewed From the International Space Station
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