This is the first time a ground-based photograph captured two astronauts during a spacewalk on the ISS. You can thank astrophotographer Sebastian Voltmer.
In our age, we’ve grown accustomed to pictures of astronauts inside the International Space Station, as they float in zero-G and tend their science experiments. We’re even getting used to images of spacewalking astronauts. But this is something new.Sebastian Voltmer
, an award-winning German photographer published in “Sky and Telescope” and numerous other publications. His astrophotography has been featured in exhibitions at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC, the Carl Zeiss Planetarium in Stuttgart, and numerous other places. Voltmer took the image on March 23rd. It shows American astronaut Raja Chari and German astronaut Matthias Maurer during a six-hour spacewalk to install a camera and conduct maintenance and upgrades.Sebastian Voltmer, Astrophotographer Extraordinaire.
“This image of the ISS pass was taken on March 23, 2022, under good seeing conditions through my C11 EdgeHD telescope from the hometown of ESA astronaut Dr. Matthias Maurer,” Voltmer said at Spaceweather.com. “I feel like I just made a once in a lifetime image 🙂 It’s probably the first ground-based picture showing two spacewalkers on the ISS at the same time.”
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