Genesis-1 Inflatable Spacecraft
Taken by Ralf Vandebergh on March 29, 2021 @
The Netherlands
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Telescopic image of Genesis-1 the first experimental inflatable space habitat / uncrewed space station. This is a challenging object due to its small size 4,40 m (14,4 ft) long
2,54 m (8 ft 4 in) diameter).
Launched by Bigelow Aerospace in 2006. Bigelow lost contact with the spacecraft 2,5 years after launch, much longer then the expected 6 months. Image taken March 29, 2021 and the spacecraft seems still inflated. The spacecrafts' apparent diameter on the frames corresponds to its theoretical size of a structure of the size of Genenis-1 at the particular range.
Photographer's website:
https://www.ralfvandebergh-astrophotography.simpsite.nl/home
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