NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara missed the total solar eclipse, but saw Earth 'moving' below her during spacewalk (photos)

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Elizabeth Howell (she/her), Ph.D., is a staff writer in the spaceflight channel since 2022 covering diversity, education and gaming as well. She was contributing writer for Space.com for 10 years before joining full-time.

in Houston, a success she attributed to hours of training with her spacewalking partner. And, she gushed, being inside a spacesuit was a moving experience., just through your helmet bubble," O'Hara told Space.com during livestreamed remarks today ."It's one thing when you're looking through the window, looking at Earth ... but then suddenly you're just immersed in the environment, and you're hanging there the Earth moving below your feet.

The total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 is visible from the International Space Station as the moon's shadow is over parts of Canada and the United States."I know they got a good show on space station," O'Hara said in response to a Space.com question, adding that she slightly regretted not seeing the eclipse. That said, the"We got a lot of good auroras during our mission ...

"There's just this moment where I'm up in cupola," O'Hara said, referring to the wrap-around window used for ISS berthing and photography."I'm in space, in this incredible space station that we built. And somewhere down underneath all that water is a baby octopus, going through its first few days of life.

 

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