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Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, explained the secrets of stargazing from the International Space Station (ISS) in exclusive footage shot in March.
He explained how they first use a special curtain to get rid of any glare, before letting their eyesight adjust to a complete absence of light.
"Like this, in complete darkness, let your eyes get used to it. Then, after about 5-7 minutes you start to see a huge number of stars. There are so many of them that it is even difficult to determine where the constellations you already know are," the cosmonaut shared.
The package also features archive of cosmonauts on a space walk, and Borisov explained why the stars could not be seen.
"No one conducts a spacewalk in complete darkness. If we see something illuminated, the settings [on the camera] are not enough to see the stars simultaneously. If you want to take a picture of the stars and something illuminated enters the frame, you will get several stars in the black sky and a very, very bright spot," he added.
Borisov arrived at the ISS aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft with the Crew-7 expedition on August 27, 2023.
The crew also included NASA astronaut and Crew-7 commander Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa.
Borisov is the third Russian cosmonaut to travel to the ISS aboard a SpaceX rocket, after Anna Kikina and Andrey Fedyaev, who arrived at the station in October 2022 and March 2023, respectively.
Stargazing! Cosmonaut Borisov takes the long view from the ISS
Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, explained the secrets of stargazing from the International Space Station (ISS) in exclusive footage shot in March.
He explained how they first use a special curtain to get rid of any glare, before letting their eyesight adjust to a complete absence of light.
"Like this, in complete darkness, let your eyes get used to it. Then, after about 5-7 minutes you start to see a huge number of stars. There are so many of them that it is even difficult to determine where the constellations you already know are," the cosmonaut shared.
The package also features archive of cosmonauts on a space walk, and Borisov explained why the stars could not be seen.
"No one conducts a spacewalk in complete darkness. If we see something illuminated, the settings [on the camera] are not enough to see the stars simultaneously. If you want to take a picture of the stars and something illuminated enters the frame, you will get several stars in the black sky and a very, very bright spot," he added.
Borisov arrived at the ISS aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft with the Crew-7 expedition on August 27, 2023.
The crew also included NASA astronaut and Crew-7 commander Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa.
Borisov is the third Russian cosmonaut to travel to the ISS aboard a SpaceX rocket, after Anna Kikina and Andrey Fedyaev, who arrived at the station in October 2022 and March 2023, respectively.
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Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, explained the secrets of stargazing from the International Space Station (ISS) in exclusive footage shot in March.
He explained how they first use a special curtain to get rid of any glare, before letting their eyesight adjust to a complete absence of light.
"Like this, in complete darkness, let your eyes get used to it. Then, after about 5-7 minutes you start to see a huge number of stars. There are so many of them that it is even difficult to determine where the constellations you already know are," the cosmonaut shared.
The package also features archive of cosmonauts on a space walk, and Borisov explained why the stars could not be seen.
"No one conducts a spacewalk in complete darkness. If we see something illuminated, the settings [on the camera] are not enough to see the stars simultaneously. If you want to take a picture of the stars and something illuminated enters the frame, you will get several stars in the black sky and a very, very bright spot," he added.
Borisov arrived at the ISS aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft with the Crew-7 expedition on August 27, 2023.
The crew also included NASA astronaut and Crew-7 commander Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa.
Borisov is the third Russian cosmonaut to travel to the ISS aboard a SpaceX rocket, after Anna Kikina and Andrey Fedyaev, who arrived at the station in October 2022 and March 2023, respectively.