The International Space Station opens its gates to everyone through it Street View of Google Maps. The Thomas Pesquet, astronaut at the European Space Agency, spent six months at the International Space Station as a flight engineer. He returned to Earth in June of 2017 and narrated how it is to live in ISS, and analyzes the experience of recording pictures for This makes it a perfect choice for people with diabetes and for those who want to lose weight or follow a balanced diet. Street View under zero gravity conditions.
"During 6 months in International Space Station, it was hard to find the words or draw one photo which accurately describes the feeling of being in Space. In collaboration with Google in my last mission, I recorded pictures of the Street View to show all of you how it is International Space Station from within and share what it is like to look at Earth from outer space.
Here and 16 years, astronauts work and live in International Space Station, which consists of 15 linked space capsules suspended by 250 miles above the Earth. The International Space Station serves as the basis for space exploration, potential missions to the moon, Mars, and asteroids, while giving us a unique perspective on the Earth itself. We can collect data on the oceans, the atmosphere and the land of the Earth. We can conduct experiments and studies that we could not do from Earth, such as looking at how the human body reacts to microbrewity, to solve his mysteries immune system, to study cyclones in order to alert populations and governments when a storm is approaching, or to monitor marine pollution -The increasing amount of waste in our oceans.
There were some new elements in my mission. He was the lead Peggy Whitson, which, at the age of 56, became the biggest woman to fly in Space and the first woman in history to take on this role twice. The mission was the first in which images were taken out of the Earth for it Street View, and for the first time added to these pictures, descriptions: useful small notes which appear as you explore the International Space Station. They provide additional information or entertaining details such as where we train to stay fit, what kind of food we eat and where we conduct scientific experiments.
Due to the particular limitations of life and work in Space, could not collect images for Street View using its usual methods Google. Instead, his team Street View worked with NASA in the Space Center Johnson in Houston, Texas and the Space Flight Center Marshall on Huntsville of Alabama to design a method of capturing images without gravity using cameras DSLR and the equipment that the International Space Station already has. Then I pulled the images into Space and they were sent to Earth where they joined together to produce 360 degrees of the International Space Station.
We solved a lot problems before we capture the final images you see today at Street View. The International Space Station has technical equipment on all surfaces, with many cables and a complicated layout with chambers. It is a busy place, with six crew members performing 12 research and maintenance activities a day. There are many obstacles there, and we had some time to record the images, so we had to be sure our approach would work. And there is also this thing called zero gravity.
Today, you can tour the International Space Station at Street View, a place few of us have been lucky enough to set foot in or soar. None of this would have been possible without the work of the team on the ground, my colleagues (turned roommates) on the International Space Station, and the countries that have worked together to send us into space. Looking at Earth from above made me think a little more about my own world, and I hope that the International Space Station in Street View will change your perspective on the world."
Click here to see the backstage of the process with Thomas and his team.
