Al-Marsad Newspaper – Agencies: An astrophotographer captured a special view of the International Space Station once morest the background of the moon as the astronauts prepared for a spacewalk.
400 km above the earth
Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy captured the image of the station, which orbits 400 kilometers above Earth, while on the side of a road in Sacramento, California.
McCarthy explained that this rare shot of the station, which he took around 10:44 GMT on Monday, “immediately became one of my favorite shots.”
The direction of the International Space Station
What made this photo remarkable was the orientation of the International Space Station at the time it was taken and the accuracy of McCarthy’s capture of the space laboratory as it passed through Copernicus Crater on the Moon, before it disappeared.
McCarthy explained that he was able to get these unique details in his image and see the reconfiguration of the solar arrays thanks to his knowledge of the mission, which was broadcast live on the Internet by NASA.
