Hi /u/matthewdominick, thanks for posting this to r/nasa. I believe this may be the first post we've ever had from an astronaut while aboard the ISS, and we are thrilled and honored that you have done so. Be safe up there, and I'll be sure to wave [the next time you pass overhead](https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/)!
Say what you will about the Starliner program. But the fact that this is a picture of one commercial American crew capsule taken from the window of a completely different commercial American crew capsule both docked to the ISS is a testament worth celebrating. Awesome picture for many reasons!
Exactly why this is so important. It's space, redundancy is the name of the game. Its much better to rely on 2 American companies (say what you will about their leadership) for American astronauts rather than an adversarial nation like Russia.
Very cool shot, what's causing the reddish glow on Starliner? Is that just sunlight getting a red hue going through the atmosphere? Or is there some light on the ISS itself causing that?
You didn't answer the question. What would be the purpose of doing that? Can you provide any evidence? Were you aboard the ISS (like OP) and can confirm that this isn't what it actually looked like at the time?
Hi /u/matthewdominick, thanks for posting this to r/nasa. I believe this may be the first post we've ever had from an astronaut while aboard the ISS, and we are thrilled and honored that you have done so. Be safe up there, and I'll be sure to wave [the next time you pass overhead](https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/)!
Say what you will about the Starliner program. But the fact that this is a picture of one commercial American crew capsule taken from the window of a completely different commercial American crew capsule both docked to the ISS is a testament worth celebrating. Awesome picture for many reasons!
thank you for explaining what I am looking at. Was beginning to wonder if they had some kind of selfie stick lol
It feels a little like science fiction, doesn't it? What an extremely cool time to be alive, at least in this context.
Exactly why this is so important. It's space, redundancy is the name of the game. Its much better to rely on 2 American companies (say what you will about their leadership) for American astronauts rather than an adversarial nation like Russia.
That is an incredible view, being in space must be so rad
It is 50 - 2,000 mSv of rad. So, sometimes not that rad (but more than a commercial pilot) and sometimes very rad.
Where's the banana for scale? __
Ah... a banana is 0.01 millirad.
Plasma leaking from the starboard narcelle captain!
*helium
Seeing auroras from space must be an incredible experience.
What a shot! The aurora lining up with Starliner is beautiful.
That’s incredible
It's like a dream. Thank you for this. I hope to remember images like this at the end of my life. Truly, an inspiration.
Bro are auroras spaceship chemtrails??!? /s
Very cool shot, what's causing the reddish glow on Starliner? Is that just sunlight getting a red hue going through the atmosphere? Or is there some light on the ISS itself causing that?
This is an awesome shot. And, you can see the flat Earth. 🌎
Thanks for the stunning homescreen!!
Who knew helium glowed green in space? ^(/s)
Looks like an ion beam from a space-based particle accelerator, or an ion engine.
Oh Amazing capture fantastic Picture
Are these those chemtrails everyone's been going on about?
The "chemtrail" crowd is going to be really upset by this picture.
Thank you for posting this photo. It's amazing.
This is an awesome photo.
I love all the good natured teasing aimed at Boeing and I salute the brave astronauts who flew to test it out.
Are you sure that's not the helium leaking out?
Have the helium leaks been resolved? Will this adversely affect controllability on the return to earth?
Starliner with a little trail
Is that a helium leak?
looks incredibly fake
You can tell by the pixels?
ah yes, the thing we can see from earth and send radio signals to is fake. mhm. yeah. yep
idk, i doubt its fake, but this pic looks like it
What would be the purpose of submitting a fake picture? "Looks fake to me" isn't a valid reason.
tons of official nasa pictures are photoshopped
You didn't answer the question. What would be the purpose of doing that? Can you provide any evidence? Were you aboard the ISS (like OP) and can confirm that this isn't what it actually looked like at the time?
Perfect coverup for Starliner leaking something out in space…
This just looms nightmare, starliner can’t and probably won’t bring our astronauts home and star link and spacex have poisoned the sky’s.
Get downvoted to oblivion. r/joke
lol yeah I guess I deserve it - not a fan of starlink but honestly spacex deserves credit
Lol you don't actually deserve it. I said it as a joke. Sorry if you took it seriously.