It's things like this that feed my inner astronaut. This is a great blog from a Russian cosmonaut who is currently orbiting the earth in the ISS.
From Russia Today, Maksim's first blog entry from space...
Hello everybody from the International Space Station!
Many thanks to RosCosmos (Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation – interpreter’s note) and its press service for creating this channel of communication. What shall I start with? I think I should start from the very beginning…
I could not imagine that orbiting would be so smooth and easy. I even liked it. Just imagine, the spacecraft is still on Earth, and we are waiting inside, and you can feel it swaying slightly, especially if it’s windy.
Then behind my back –the umbilical is located there – the umbilical cable is moving and I can feel it too.
The spacecraft takes off – slowly and smoothly. The noise is not loud. When viewing it from outside, you could never imagine what it feels like being inside. In the same easy way you gradually start feeling the gravity load more, more, and more… approximately 3.5 – 4 G. And when the detachable sections disengage, it – wow! – falls down to 0. The feeling is like falling into an abyss. Then the G-load goes up and up again…And then – wow! - and back to the abyss…
The most exciting is when the third detachable section disengages. That was a great feeling! As if you are turned upside down. You are still in the chair, but it’s like you have your legs behind your ears.
And when the payload fairing disengages, the illuminator opens and we can see the light…
Click here to read the rest of the Maksim's unique blog.
Update: While reading Maksim's blog I came across this very cool photo he took. Amazingly beautiful.
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