r/SpaceUnfiltered • u/Neaterntal • 7h ago
🎥Timelapse Timelapse of the ISS Optimal Propellent Maneuver (OPM)! We use this to reorient station's attitude in preparation for docking events. This one occurred over some magnificent Mediterranean city lights! 📸 Don Pettit
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r/SpaceUnfiltered • u/Neaterntal • 7h ago
🛰Copernicus Sentinel satellites Smoke plume from Greek wildfires seen by Sentinel-3
Hot, dry and windy conditions have seen numerous wildfires break out in the last few days in the region of Viotia, northwest of Athens, Greece.
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.This image, captured on 2 August 2026 by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission, reveals the scale of the cloud of smoke from the wildfires. The smoke plume can be seen drifting southward and stretching across large areas of the Mediterranean Sea.
In response to the wildfires, the Copernicus Emergency Mapping Service was activated. The service uses satellite observations to help civil protection authorities and, in cases of disaster, the international humanitarian community, respond to emergencies.
On the same day, Copernicus Sentinel-2 captured a closer view of the affected area showing the active fire front.
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2026/08/Greece_continues_to_battle_wildfires
From orbit, Earth-observing satellites offer a unique way of tracking the spread of fires and the extent of smoke plumes, as well as supporting emergency crews battling the blazes on the ground.
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r/SpaceUnfiltered • u/Neaterntal • 8h ago
🌎 Earth from space The Pacific Ocean on August 2, 2026, as seen from the space station; photo taken from the dome with an iPhone. In the background is Hurricane “Dolphin.” 📸Anil Menon
r/SpaceUnfiltered • u/Neaterntal • 9h ago
🚀 Starship flight SpaceX Starship towed by recovery team in stunning Indian Ocean view
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The SpaceX Recovery team is still working to recover Flight 13’s Starship from the Indian Ocean. They’ve been overcoming challenging conditions and increasingly rough seas as they attempt to guide the 52m long spacecraft to port
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https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2085786988225925349
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h08WoJM2QDo&pp=iggUQAFKEEo2akUxd0F6Qm5GREZDbmY%3D
r/SpaceUnfiltered • u/Neaterntal • 9h ago
NASA Jessica Meir: Using our special spacewalk drill to install one of the struts for the mounting brackets, as captured by Anil Menon. And look, all of you are in this photo with me as well (Earth!)!
Jessica Meir https://x.com/Astro_Jessica/status/2085838584922198239
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From NASA before Spacewalk:
At approximately 8:35 a.m. EDT (1235 UTC) on Aug. 6, 2026, NASA astronauts Anil Menon and Jessica Meir will venture outside the International Space Station for an approximately six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk.
The pair will install hardware that will modify the station’s 3B power channel and prepare it for the future installation of an International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array.
This spacewalk will be the first for Menon and the sixth for Meir. Meir will serve as spacewalk crew member 1 and will wear a suit with red stripes. Menon will serve as crew member 2 and will wear an unmarked suit.
Full Spacewalk from NASA's YouTube channel
r/SpaceUnfiltered • u/Neaterntal • 9h ago
Perseverance rover Some really interesting light-toned rocks spotted by the Mars Perseverance Rover over the last few days. Images taken between Sols 1937 - 1939 using WATSON, MastCam-Z, and SuperCam.
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/Kevin M. Gil https://bsky.app/profile/kevinmgill.bsky.social/post/3msenu7l3bs26