Studies of the Earth’s horizon and halo from on board the Voskhod-1 spacecraft
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Studies of the Earth’s horizon and halo from on board the Voskhod-1 spacecraft
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S020596060001117-0-1
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Article
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Published
Authors
Dmitrii Shcherbinin 
Affiliation: S. I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Pages
445-453
Abstract

Studies of day, twilight and night horizons of the Earth were part of the program ofscientific observations carried out during the flights of the Vostok spacecrafts. Theseobservations continued during the 24-hour flight of Voskhod-1. The article describesthe main equipment and facilities for monitoring and recording the horizon and haloof the Earth’s atmosphere during the Voskhod-1 flight as well as the main results andconclusions based on the analysis of thus obtained photographs.

Keywords
photography in space, manned space flights, space photography equipment, space research
Received
11.10.2018
Date of publication
11.10.2018
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