Published 14:11 IST, September 23rd 2020
'Wonderful' image of ‘Earthshine’ shared by astronaut leaves netizens amazed; See pic
NASA astronaut Christina Koch, who broke the record for longest continuous time in space by woman, recently posted a mesmerising image of ‘Earthshine’.
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NASA astronaut Christina Koch, who returned from earlier this year after breaking record for longest continuous time in by woman, recently posted a mesmerising im of ‘Earthshine’. While taking to Twitter on September 23, Koch shared a picture of International Station (ISS), which h a reflection of ‘blue glow’ on it. NASA astronaut informed that im was captured a year ago.
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Shared just a few hours ago, post has alrey garnered thousands of likes and comments. Several internet users were amazed to see ‘Earthshine’ and called im ‘wonderful’. While one user wrote, “Earthshine! Even word sounds beautiful! You deserve every amazing memory you have. Thanks for share,” ar ded, “Superb. Thanks Christina for this wonderful picture”. “Must be reflection of Earth's flat surface. JK. I couldn't help myself,” said third.
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328 days in
Back in 2019, Koch was one of first women to participate in an all-female walk. She laughed to International Station as a Flight Engineer on Expedition 59, 60 and 61. NASA astronaut returned to Earth on February 6, 2020, after spending 328 days - longest single continuous stay in for a woman, exceeding Peggy Whitson's 289 days.
According to NASA, Koch conducted six walks, including first three all women walks, totalling 42 hours and 15 minutes. crews she served on contributed to hundreds of experiments in biology, Earth science, human research, physical sciences and techlogy development. Some of scientific highlights from her missions include improvements to Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, which studies dark matter, growing protein crystals for pharmaceutical research, and testing 3D biological printers to print tissues in microgravity.
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14:12 IST, September 23rd 2020