My floating camera collection aboard the ISS
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The International Space Station has many cameras (historically Nikon) for astronauts to use, and I left no shutter unturned. Research is our primary purpose aboard the station, but I felt an obligation to document as much as possible using the cameras available. Here’s me in the Cupola with the usual suspects. Some were glued together to allow for fast switching from infrared to visible cameras by simply spinning in microgravity.
Some of the photos I took with them can be found on my [twitter](https://twitter.com/astro_Pettit) account.
Really cool! Are you currently deployed on the ISS?
Amazing photo! Why am I surprised the sky looks so blue? I expected it to be dark.
But the poor camera that took the pic got left out!
Ive often wondered if the reason they have so many DSLRs on the ISS is because the sensors get wrecked by high energy particles? Or if its just that they just keep bringing up newer models as they come out? If so, whats the average life of a DSLR on the ISS? And do they jettison the cameras that are wrecked?
Today, on *Space Hoarders…*
An astroredditor?!
Thank you for sharing!
If you have time to watch movies on the station, do y’all watch 2001: A Space Odyssey?
….or idk…Apollo 13?
Any particular favorite(s) among the collection?
But which one is your *favorite???*
So, where’s your review page talking about each?
PICS… IN… SPAAAAAAAACE!
I think you need one more. You are a lucky guy floating up there looking at all of us!
What’s up Dr. Pettit! I’ve been a fan of your stuff for many years, I’m in my early 30s but loved your ISS videos when I was a student. Absolutely influential in my appreciation and love of science. Thanks for what you do and please keep it up. Is this you or your social media person or two helping out? Just curious!! 🙂
You could buy a year 2007 house with four of those cameras.
200,000 dollars worth of luggage XD
that is atleast half a million worth of equipment when you factor in shipping costs. more if you factor in the person 🙂 getting cheaper every year
I’ve watched enough of The Expanse to know one high G burn and those cameras are going to slice you apart!
I’m also super jealous.
Very cool! Does the cupola give you any kind of mount for them? Or do you do everything handheld?
why? how do you know which to use for certain event lol
Astrobrag
I sometimes use an app to pinpoint when I can watch the ISS fly by. It’s cool to think you folks are way up
there hauling butt in orbit. I know it’s silly, for obvious reasons, but I can’t help but wave and go ‘hey up there!’
Brick from *In the Middle* out there furthering humanity
Always a pleasure to see your stuff sir!
This guy fucks
have you considered hooking them together into some sort of ultra Nikon array? not sure what value it would provide, being able to say you’ve done it could be pretty neat though
Mans about to be the first person to get mugged in space.
Show me those UFO pics that you have got there.
This is so freaking cool!
Random weird question, but would it be possible to see the ISS shadow on the earths surface with a strong enough zoom?
That. Is. Fucking. Cool.
Meh. Not as impressive as the Beanie Baby collection Scott Kelly brought to the ISS.
WOW!! You must be happy all the time with a career like that! Except when doing emergency dental surgery, lol. Thank you for posting all those incredible photos and videos.
I can’t wait to show my husband. His lifelong dream was to work at the space station. He started in rocket telemetry. Unfortunately, a family crisis deprived him of that dream. But he is still a huge fan at 80 years young!!!!
Have you photographed or seen anything anomalous/strange around earths orbit?
I know Nasa is extremely miticulous in making sure every single lb matters, but I feel like this is too many cameras.
This guy has an astronaut face
Classic hoarder
His camera collection is out of this world.
I’ll see myself out.