Two Spacewalking Astronauts Were Captured on Camera All The Way From Earth

We have grown accustomed to pictures of astronauts inside the International Space Station, as they float in zero-G and tend their science experiments. We are getting used to the images of spacewalking astronauts. This is new.

Two astronauts are on a spacewalk.

Sebastian Voltmer is a German photographer who has been published in Sky and Telescope. He has had his work featured in exhibitions at the Carl Zeiss Planetarium in Stuttgart, as well as at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC.

The image was taken on March 23rd. The spacewalk shows American and German astronauts working on a camera and doing maintenance.

(© Sebastian Voltmer)

The image of the ISS pass was taken on 23 March 2022, under good seeing conditions, through my C11 EdgeHD telescope.

I feel like I just made a once in a lifetime image, it is probably the first ground-based picture showing two spacewalkers at the same time.

Update: 2 Spacewalkers Imaged From The Ground

During the #spacewalk of the two astronauts @Astro_Raja and @astro_matthias the International Space Station appeared shortly after sunset in the bright evening sky over Germany. This image of the #ISS was taken on March 23, 2022. pic.twitter.com/xkKJtSoZFc

— Dr. Sebastian Voltmer (@SeVoSpace) March 28, 2022

When he took the picture, he quickly presented it to German media, and it went viral.

The image was being worked on to highlight the two astronauts. Philip Smith, another well-known photographer, contacted Voltmer to tell him that he had created an image that highlights Raja Chari, perched on the Canadarm 2 robotic arm. I am Canadian. Canada!

The first ground-based image of two astronauts spacewalking was taken by Voltmer.

The amateur photographer captured images of the American astronauts during a spacewalk. Vandebergh was also on the Canadarm 2. Canada!

The spacewalk by Stephen Bowen was inside the yellow box. Vandebergh is a man.

His work is widely published.

To see some of his gorgeous work, and to follow him on social media, check out his account.

The article was published by Universe Today. The original article is worth a read.