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The first person (EV1) was awesome as the Earth was visible (day-side). And it slowly went night-side. I was surprised to not see any lights at that point and t
by deskamess 2y ago
The first person (EV1) was awesome as the Earth was visible (day-side). And it slowly went night-side. I was surprised to not see any lights at that point and that was possibly because it was over the Pacific - or the actual vehicle was pointed away from Earth.
That image of a human profile with earth in the background was kinda nice. The 40-50s lead up to the profile image: https://youtu.be/ABQBEdOzrV0?t=6868 https://youtu.be/ABQBEdOzrV0?t=6868 . And as others have pointed out, the suit looks rigid.
- ceejayoz 2y agoThe lighted spacecraft in the foreground probably drowns out any lights on Earth. Same reason you don't see stars in pictures on the Moon.
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- spuz 2y agoDoes anyone know if the reason they performed the EVA during the night was to prevent overheating? The crew reported temperatures (presumably of the suit) of 33.8C during the EVAs.
- pipe01 2y agoThey oriented the capsule so that the hatch would face away from the sun, so presumably they were already accounting for heating from the sun
- dotnet00 2y agoI think the main factor might've been crew wakefulness. Since they launched around the same time, I think their body clocks would've been tuned to that time too. They'd want all crew to be at the peak of their alertness in case of any emergency (particularly if they ended up having to deorbit in a hurry), so it might've been a significant factor in the timing.