Monday, November 23, 2015

The Immensity of the International Space Station...

A cropped version of a photo showing a spacewalking astronaut working on the exterior of the International Space Station.
NASA

Just thought I'd share original and cropped versions of a great photo I found online of a spacewalking astronaut being dwarfed by the International Space Station (ISS). The solar array wings alone appear mammoth next to the human floating near them (the spacewalker is towards the upper part of the image below)... One wonders when NASA and its global partners will venture to create another spacecraft of this sheer size in the future. And towards what planetary destination this spacecraft—assuming it won't be stuck in low-Earth orbit like the ISS—will be headed.

The original version of a photo showing a spacewalking astronaut working on the exterior of the International Space Station.
NASA

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