Published 16:09 IST, November 26th 2020
Video of Earth taken from space wins internet, netizens say 'out of the world'
Glover is a part of the Crew-1 mission launched on Elon Musk’s SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule that travelled at speed of 7.66 kilometres per second.
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From 400 kilometres into orbit, one of three astronauts on board X Crew Dragon has shared first-ever stunning video of Earth from . Astronaut Victor Glover took to his official Twitter handle on vember 25 to share what habitable planet looked like from window of Dragon Resilience. Glover is a part of Crew-1 mission launched on Elon Musk’s X Crew Dragon capsule that travelled at speed of 7.66 kilometres per second and is docked at International Station.
Crew-1 mission lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Centre in Florida’s Cape Canaveral and marked first manned trip to ISS in deces. Sharing glimpse of earth from ISS, astronaut glover explained that clip still didn’t do justice to actual view. Glover was caught recording Earth's "overview effect."
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Glover was seen smiling as he gasped at mystical view while recording foot. nearly 30-second video depicted blue curvature of Earth as it rotated in ’s void. visuals amassed 1.7 million views as it stunned astrophiles and conisseur. NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shann Walker, and Japan Aero Exploration ncy (JAXA) astronaut Soichi guchi arrived at International Station on vember 17. X Crew Dragon Resilience docked to complex 11:01 pm EST above US state of Idaho.
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Leak checks and pressurization
astronauts conducted standard leak checks and pressurization aboard Resilience as y prepared to join Expedition 64 crew of Commander Sergey Ryzhikov and Flight Engineer Sergey Kud-Sverchkov. Crew-1 set up Saibo rack and CBEF-L, to get resources in such as Full High Definition video interface, Ernet, 24 VDC power supply, and a larger diameter centrifugal test environment. ISS experience camera systems were also installed ( ISS Experience) to capture cinematic virtual reality (VR) series onboard station. foot sparked jokes from netizens as y argued that flat earrs will be disappointed to see Earth round. “All "flat Earrs" will be avoiding watching this,” a user wrote. “Orbiting Earth in ship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, t destroy it!” ar said.
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16:10 IST, November 26th 2020