Gagarin's trip into space Filmed
Monday, April 18, 2011 by Admin
Celebrating 50 years of Yuri Gagarin's flight into space, Orbit First make a movie depicting a view of the earth as seen Gagarin during his mission. The film premiered on 12 April 2011 is now available for download on the site First Orbit.
The idea was simple filming. Christopher Riley, a filmmaker, said one of the questions that exist in the minds of people after Gagarin's mission is, "what the earth from space?" Riley said, "I wished if we could make a movie about what is seen Gagarin 50 years ago."
Filming for the movie made from the International Space Station (ISS). Therefore, there are several challenges that must be faced. One of them, ISS orbiting the earth every 90 minutes did not always pass the same path with Gagarin's mission 50 years ago.
To overcome this, the European Space Agency (ESA) to bring Riley with orbit mechanics experts from Germany, Gerald Ziegler. Based on the calculation Zigler, known then that the ISS cover the same surface with Gagarin's mission once a week.
However, it seems a greater challenge. The filmmaker must record at the same time as Gagarin's mission. It also must pass through the area through which Gagarin in his mission. Further calculation shows that the chance is only held every six weeks.
Filming also must adjust to the schedule of the astronauts on the ISS. The astronauts have been busy conducting experiments, Earth observation, as well as other activities such as sleep, exercise, and eat. Filming schedule will add a bustle.
But finally, the making of this film happen. After the test shots since November 2010, NASA astronaut, Doug Wheelock, ESA astronomer, Paolo Nespoli, and Roland Luttgens and Giovanni Gravili involved in the making of the film. Nespoli take most pictures.
The film is quite successful describing what is seen Gagarin, among the clouds that covered the earth. There are also views of the Sahara Desert in red along the Nile River and the plains of the Middle East who would see Gagarin before landing.
When Paolo attempt to extract the final image Gagarin's mission, which used the camera suddenly out of focus so that the earth was a blur. This illusion can actually describe the situation when Vostok 1 re-entering the earth end the mission. "It's the perfect image for the end of the movie," said Chris.
Indeed there are some shortcomings in the picture, such as landing sites depicted in the movie a little more to the east of Gagarin's landing site. Images also were not taken at the same height because the height difference ISS with Vostok 1 at the time.
However, this film is still interesting to watch. Image of the crescent moon added to this movie, meet the expectations of Gagarin who actually want to see the moon in its mission, but could not. Besides can be downloaded at First Orbit, this film also can be witnessed through Youtube.
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