Andreas Mogensen dolaskom je na Međunarodnu svemirsku stanicu (ISS) u avgustu prošle godine postao prvi Danac u orbiti. Nakon nešto više od šest mjeseci na ISS-u, astronaut se priprema za povratak na Zemlju u društvu troje kolega na letjelici SpaceX Crew Dragon.
Konkretan datum za misiju povratka tek treba biti određen, ali očekuje se da će se održati u nadolazećim sedmicama. Mogensen je također zaljubljenik u astrofotografiju. Na Twitteru je podijelio neke od izvanrednih slika Zemlje koje je uspio snimiti sa stanice u zadnjih pola godine.
If you want to get an idea of how fast we are flying over the Earth, and how quick you have to be to get the photos you want, take a look at these photos of a snow-covered Grand Canyon. I took these photos 30 seconds after I took the photo of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating… pic.twitter.com/qgGZpZzGko
— Andreas Mogensen (@Astro_Andreas) February 24, 2024
I have never associated Saudi Arabia with volcanism, but it has the highest concentration of calderas that I have seen so far on this mission. Calderas are the sunken-in tops of volcanos that appears after an eruption.
— Andreas Mogensen (@Astro_Andreas) February 18, 2024
Is there another place on Earth with a higher number of… pic.twitter.com/gYLA88MxNT
Eye of Quebec
— Andreas Mogensen (@Astro_Andreas) February 12, 2024
Flying over the Earth, I see so many different sites. Here in the eastern part of Canada is the Manicouagan Crater, made by an impact of a metorite about 200 million years ago. The meteorite was around 5 kilometres in diameter and created the roughly 100 km wide… pic.twitter.com/odRymSc15u
I was lucky enough to capture most of the Californian coast near Los Angeles, from Malibu to Long Beach, on a sunny day with little to no clouds. Each picture shows a little part of the west coast, including sites like Venice Beach with the Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles… pic.twitter.com/pDWupTFOxD
— Andreas Mogensen (@Astro_Andreas) February 11, 2024
Today is exactly five months since we launched from @NASAKennedy Complex 39A, which also means that our mission is slowly drawing to a close. It’s incredible how quickly those five months have passed. Yet, paradoxically, it also seems like a lifetime ago that I was saying goodbye… pic.twitter.com/QJwpF3Hj2e
— Andreas Mogensen (@Astro_Andreas) January 26, 2024
The tip of the iceberg
— Andreas Mogensen (@Astro_Andreas) December 3, 2023
I have to admit that if you had asked me before this mission, if you could see icebergs with your naked eye from space, I would have said, “No way”.
Turns out that you can! We have been seeing lots of icebergs lately in the south Atlantic. Perhaps it’s… pic.twitter.com/qGY2CUCSfp
Mogensen je opisao svoj prvi boravak u svemiru kao 'ostvarenje sna, u kojem je živio i radio na Međunarodnoj svemirskoj stanici više od šest mjeseci, provodeći naučna istraživanja za Dansku, Evropu i svijet, u područjima kao što su imunološki sistem, filtriranje vode, virtualna stvarnost i kako spavati na ISS-u.'
'Također sam iskoristio mnogo sati svog slobodnog vremena u kupoli stanice, snimajući prekrasne fotografije Zemlje i gledajući naš plavi planet. Od zelenih šuma, pješčanih pustinja i više vulkana koje mogu nabrojati, svaka fotografija pokazuje što naše mjesto u svemiru ima za ponuditi.', napisao je Mogensen.
