Solar transis of the ISS with the Crew Dragon spacecraft and the Canadarm2
Taken by Thierry Legault on June 25, 2020 @
France
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Very good seeing on June 24th, allowing to clearly see the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft that brought the two astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken on May 30th.
The video of the transit: https://youtu.be/Bku76sBWwME
On 25th, a surprise awaits me: the Canadarm2 robotic arm is deployed and holds an "external palette". This palette is to be used by two astronauts the next day (June 26th) during their spacewalk, to exchange batteries.
This is the very first time the Canadarm2 has been photographed during a transit. Its diameter is only 35 cm, or 0,15 arcsecond at the distance of the ISS. I had already filmed it but on a nighttime passage in 2011, holding the astronaut Steve Bowen while repairing an ammonia pump: https://youtu.be/Hc_SFPnk8iM
Photographer's website:
https://www.astrophoto.fr
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