This is What a Sunset Looks Like from Space
ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst shot this photo from the International Space Station showing what a sunset on Earth looks like from high above in space.
This ISS Timelapse Captures a Rocket Launch from Space
When the Russian Progress MS-10 cargo spacecraft launched on a Soyuz rocket on November 16th, 2018, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst was ready to capture it... from the International Space Station. This timelapse he made shows what a rocket launch looks like from around 250 miles away from Earth in orbit.
This is the Longest Time-Lapse Shot from Space
To celebrate 20 years of international collaboration, the European Space Agency released this 15-minute video that's the longest continuous time-lapse shot from space.
A Time-Lapse of Earth Created Using Photos Taken by Astronaut Alexander Gerst
Photographs captured from the International Space Station have gotten a lot of press in recent years, especially as social networking has helped to share them with a wider audience. Quite a few time-lapses have been made as well using those photos.
Usually those videos are created by video editors who combine all kinds of photos found on space agency websites. The video above is a bit different: it was created with photos captured by a single person: astronaut Alexander Gerst.
ISS Astronaut Captures the Thousand-Mile Shadows Clouds Cast on Earth’s Surface
Hovering somwhere between 205 and 255 miles above Earth is the International Space Station, currently housing six intrepid explorers that are hurtling through space at roughly 4.8 miles per second.
And one of those individuals is Alexander Gerst, a geophysicist who spends a great deal of his time on the ISS holding a camera and putting it to use taking pictures of our planet.
‘My Saddest Photo Yet’: Does Astronaut Photo from Space Show Israel and Gaza Burning?
German astronaut Alexander Gerst sparked quite a discussion online yesterday by uploading the photograph above to Twitter. His caption read: "My saddest photo: from the #ISS , we see explosions and rockets over #Gaza and #Israel."
Before long, the photograph was retweeted and republished far and wide, with many people and publications commenting on how horrible it is that the fighting is so intense that the rockets and fires can be captured from space... Or can they?