MT Dominick - 07.12.1981

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Matthew Stuart Dominick został wyselekcjonowany w ramach NASA grupa 22 (2017).

Jest 612. człowiekiem w kosmosie.

Obecnie odbywa lot w ramach Ekspedycji 71 na ISS.
Rozpoczął lot kosmiczny jako dowódca misji SpX - Crew-8.

Do tej pory ma 175 dni nalotu za sobą.
20.09.2024 osiągnie 200 dni nalotu wraz z pozostałymi załogantami Crew-8.

Będzie to bezprecedensowa sytuacja, kiedy astronauci, którzy wystartowali na pokładzie załogowego Dragona, osiągną  taką długość lotu.
Również bezprecedensową sytuacją będzie to, że 9. astronautów i kosmonautów, którzy wystartowali lub wystartują w 2024 spędzi na orbicie co najmniej 200 dni.
(Crew-8, Barry Eugene 'Butch' Wilmore, Sunita Lyn 'Suni' Williams, Sojuz MS-26)
W przypadku 6. załogantów stanie się tak za sprawą komplikacji związanych z lotem testowym Starlinera.

19.09.2024 C206 Endeavour osiągnie 666 dni nalotu.

Matthew Dominick jest absolwentem Podyplomowej Szkoły Marynarki Wojennej, uzyskując tytuł magistra inżyniera systemów.
 
Podczas studiów ukończył program Korpusu Szkolenia Oficerów Rezerwy (ROTC).

2005 po ukończeniu studiów zaciągnął się do Marynarki Wojennej Stanów Zjednoczonych.

Ukończył szkolenie lotnicze w Pensacola na Florydzie i w 2007 został lotnikiem marynarki wojennej.

2007 został przydzielony do Strike Fighter Squadron 106 w NAS Oceana w Wirginii, gdzie odbył przeszkolenie na samolocie F/A-18E.

Po przeszkoleniu został przydzielony do Strike Fighter Squadron 143, z którym odbył dwa tournée bojowe na Morzu Arabskim, brał udział w operacji Enduring Freedom i miał 61 misji bojowych.

01.05.2012 znalazł się na liście 162. półfinalistów aplikujących do 21. grupy astronautów, ale nie został przyjęty do dalszej selekcji.

2013-2016 pełnił funkcję pilota doświadczalnego w Air Test Evaluation Squadron 23.
Latał na samolotach F/A-18A, F/A-18B, F/A-18C, F/A-18D, F /A-18E Super Hornet, F/A-18F Super Hornet i EA-18 Growler.
Celem tych lotów było zapewnienie precyzyjnego podejścia i lądowania na lotniskowcu.

2016 rozpoczął służbę w Strike Fighter Squadron 115 w ramach Wysuniętych Sił Morskich w bazie Atsugi w Japonii.

25.05.2017, kiedy został poinformowany o swoim wyborze do grupy astronautów NASA, odbywał rejs lotniskowcem USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).

27.06.2019 został mianowany Dowódcą Marynarki Wojennej Stanów Zjednoczonych.
 
10.01.2020 podczas ceremonii w Johnson Space Center otrzymał kwalifikacje astronauty

09.12.2020 na posiedzeniu amerykańskiej Narodowej Rady Kosmicznej ogłoszono, że został włączony do grupy astronautów przygotowujących się do załogowych wypraw na Księżyc w ramach programu Artemis.
 
04.08.2023 według SPACE.com NASA zatwierdziła załogę misji Crew-8.

Do połowy 2017 jego łączny nalot wyniósł ponad 1600 godzin na 28 typach samolotów, wykonał 400 lądowań regularnych i prawie 200 próbnych na lotniskowcu.

https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/astronauts/matthew-dominick/

http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/dominick_matthew.htm
https://www.worldspaceflight.com/bios/d/dominick-m.php

https://mek.kosmo.cz/bio/usa/00612.htm
http://www.kozmo-data.sk/kozmonauti/dominick-matthew-stuart.html
https://www.astronaut.ru/index/in_pers3/13_2212.htm
https://www.april12.eu/usaastron/dominick612ru.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Dominick

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Nasa astronaut captures incredible moonrise from unique angle in space
By Web Desk| August 26, 2024
https://www.geo.tv/latest/561007-nasa-astronaut-captures-incredible-moonrise-from-unique-angle-in-space

https://issuu.com/universityofsandiego/docs/56600_usd_spring_magazine_lowres_singlepages/s/18011509

The moon setting over the Pacific.
Went to the cupola to shoot Tropical Storm Hone near Hawaii but right after we passed by the storm the moon started to set.
400mm, ISO 500, 1/20000s shutter speed, f2.8, cropped, denoised.

https://x.com/dominickmatthew/status/1827491936996921806


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So many cool little things in this short timelapse . . .
* a cosmonaut turns off the lights inside the Soyuz
* the lights of San Francisco reflect off the Soyuz solar arrays before we see San Francisco
* San Francisco Bay Area
* different layers of the atmosphere are seen in green and orange
* Milky Way core
I got greedy with ISO to see Milky Way core and the cities ended up being way over exposed.
28mm, f1.4, ISO12800, 0.8s exposure, timelapse 1 sec intervals.

https://twitter.com/dominickmatthew/status/1829667861599572101


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A timelapse of solar arrays reflecting aurora and city lights as they align themselves for the impending sunrise.

The solar array light reflections were so mind blowing that I stayed up till 1AM to shoot a few more sunrises. Luckily we get sunrises every 90 minutes.

One of the techniques I have learned over the past few months to get great still photos is to setup lots of timelapses to find great lighting. With a timelapse the camera takes a RAW photo on a time interval that is typically every 0.5s and saves the image. Our camera has an option to automatically create a video from the sequence of images. We then watch the video afterwards to find what part of the of the orbit amongst thousands of individual images has the best lighting or subject matter to either go back later to the same part of an orbit and take a still image or pull the still image saved from the timelapse process.

Yesterday the moon was not up during the night portions of our orbits so I knew I had a shot at getting the Milky Way core and some aurora. The timelapse was setup in a module we call МИМ2. It has a great view of the service module solar arrays. There are were so many great still shots in the timelapse series but the ”dance” the solar arrays do reflecting aurora and city lights is so cool to see with a timelapse video.  A still image does not fully capture it.

1.6s, 15mm, T1.8, ISO 6400, 2s intervals. Exposure and a few items adjusted on a few hundred individual frames simultaneously before making a 15fps timelapse.

https://twitter.com/dominickmatthew/status/1830327598821380224

Mind officially blown

https://x.com/Astro_Woody/status/1830841787419681267


2:21 AM · Sep 1, 2024

Reds and greens from the aurora as well as city lights reflect off the service module solar arrays with the Milky Way core behind the space station. The solar arrays and service module are bathed in a light horizon blue from a sun about to rise behind the camera.
Single image taken from a timelapse (will post timelapse video soon).
15mm, T1.8, 1.6s, ISO 6400, denoised

https://x.com/dominickmatthew/status/1830038315698921781


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I showed this to a couple of friends yesterday to see what they thought. They both thought it was a meteor exploding in the atmosphere - a rather bright one called a bolide. Timelapse is slowed down to one frame per second for you to see it streaking and then exploding.
If you know about these type of meteors please chime in. I am curious to know more.
I will post the longer timelapse over the Nile river later. 
Timelapse was setup over Northern Africa where it was very dark with lightning. I got greedy with ISO (25600) and when the timelapse got to Cairo the cities were overexposed. I was greedy because I wanted the Milky Way Core.  When I went to review the shots afterwards I found the bolide.
1/2s exposure, ISO 25600, 15mm, T1.8, 1/2s intervalometer, 1 fps for the timelapse playback

For those asking about date and time for meteor tracking: The meteor exploded on 2 Sept 2024 at 20:12:20 GMT based on the clock in the camera which may be off by 30s or so either side.

https://twitter.com/dominickmatthew/status/1831108500518240344


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2:37 AM · Aug 17, 2024

Lightning at night over India.
When trying to capture lighting in an image I use burst mode and hope lighting strikes in the frame. I was super happy when this lightning strike ended up in the middle of the frame. No crop needed.
1/5s, 85mm, f1.4, ISO 6400

https://x.com/dominickmatthew/status/1824606416616775764


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4:28 PM · Sep 6, 2024

We recently received some neutral density filter films that temporarily go over the windows in the cupola. They act like sunglasses for the windows. These filters allow us to shoot video and photos from inside the cupola that are exposed for both the inside and outside. For camera nerds, the filters are ND 1.2 dimming the outside light by four full stops (4 EV). We got to test it out with the interview below. I am digging up a comparison video as well where one window has a filter and the other does not. 
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wTPnvNGNmnY

https://x.com/dominickmatthew/status/1832063224084156419

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Niezwykły widok 


1:38 AM · Sep 8, 2024

Behind the space station, the last sliver of the orbital sunset shines through the service module solar arrays.
15mm, T1.8, ISO 6400, 1.6s

https://x.com/dominickmatthew/status/1832564087554748803

Is Zvezda usually just referred to as the "service module" by astronauts?
I know US segment nodes are usually just referred to by number not name, but would not "service module" be somewhat ambiguous, since multiple craft also have service modules?
Ex: Soyuz/Progress & Starliner

https://x.com/AbstraConcept/status/1833160054268190844


2) Kometa Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

So far Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS looks like a fuzzy star to the naked eye looking out the cupola windows. But with a 200mm, f2 lens at 1/8s exposure you can really start to see it. This comet is going to make for some really cool images as it gets closer to the sun. For now a timelapse preview.

https://twitter.com/dominickmatthew/status/1836916069870751825


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Took this picture shortly after the new Soyuz arrived last week just to show the effect of six months of space environment on the exterior the Soyuz.
28mm, ISO 500, f16, 1/400s

https://twitter.com/dominickmatthew/status/1837604213766951024


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11:19 AM · Sep 29, 2024

Comet rises up over the horizon just before orbital sunrise with aurora streaking by.
50mm, 1.2, 1/4s, ISO 6400

1/ The images we take out the window from the ISS are downlinked to Houston and are uploaded to a publicly available website (including the RAW files).  Sometimes it takes a few days, sometimes weeks, depending on how many photos we are taking.

2/ For those looking to view/edit the RAW image check back in a week or two at the link below and search for images taken around 28 Sept 2024 around 1750 GMT. This image was taken as part of a long series at 17:53:06 GMT(camera time). https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/

https://x.com/dominickmatthew/status/1840320375311176047


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Comet rises above the horizon just before orbital sunrise amongst aurora and swirling satellites.
Timelapse composed from 1/4s, 50mm, f1.2, ISP 6400 images played at 30fps.

https://twitter.com/dominickmatthew/status/1840398906670133414

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Zorza widziana z pokładu Endeavour.
Załodze Crew-8 zostało jeszcze parę dni na obserwacje 

12:59 AM · Oct 8, 2024
Peering out a Dragon Endeavor window that frames red and green aurora streaming by Dragon Freedom docked to the front of the International Space Station.
When Crew-9 arrived I moved out of my crew quarters on the ISS to make room for @AstroHague. I now sleep in Dragon Endeavor while we wait to undock. We take most of our images from the cupola, but sleeping here has been amazing. This is the view out the window this evening . . . I miss my family and friends but we would have missed today’s insane aurora if we had undocked today. I watched the aurora with @astro_Pettit today from the cupola and on a later pass I watched it from Endeavor with @AstroHague. 
0.8s, 14mm, f1.4, ISO 3200

https://x.com/dominickmatthew/status/1843426012777890186
ISS 3) https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=5673.msg194070#msg194070

This is how I frequently find @astro_Pettit on the Space Station. He loves taking pictures out of the bottom of space station looking at Earth. He takes really nice nighttime images of city lights. Although in this video he is taking some daytime shots.

https://twitter.com/PettitFrontiers/status/1844014142707183617

We flew over Hurricane Milton again today about an hour ago. It was not as symmetric as yesterday but it appeared larger today.

https://twitter.com/dominickmatthew/status/1844013682252283925

Timelapse flying by Hurricane Milton about 2 hours ago.
1/6400 sec exposure, 14mm, ISO 500, 0.5 sec interval, 30fps

https://twitter.com/dominickmatthew/status/1843679036792549688

Red and green aurora appear to dance in a timelapse as we flyby looking out Dragon Endeavour’s window with Dragon Freedom in view.

We shot a couple thousand images yesterday trying to get the settings, lighting, and framing just right across multiple orbital nights because the aurora was amazing due to recent solar activity. Posted a single frame yesterday from a series of 300 or so images taken at an interval of about 1.6 seconds. Post flight I think I want to render 4k/8k with maybe some exposure smoothing or other processing to smooth out the video between frames.

0.8s exposure, 14mm, ISO 3200, 1.6s interval, 30fps

https://twitter.com/dominickmatthew/status/1843654697019744307

Looking out the window before going to sleep towards our Houston home. We are down to a double digit number of orbits before head home.
1/500, 14mm, f5, ISO 64

https://twitter.com/dominickmatthew/status/1844514021770166472

Kair i Morze Śródziemne

Moonlight illuminates Cairo and the Mediterranean on a mostly clear night.

We were up late last night sleep shifting in preparation for undocking and return to Earth in the next few days. Cairo at night is one of my favorite views. I am happy the timing worked out to see it one more time before we depart.

There was lightning over Africa as we approached Cairo so of course pictures were taken. Got lucky and captured at least two sprites. Future post.

50mm, f1.2, 1/10s, ISO 3200, denoised

https://x.com/dominickmatthew/status/1847990794713805209

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Czerwony duszek widoczny nad piorunami nad Afryką Środkową.

3:35 PM · Oct 20, 2024
A red sprite shoots out above a lightning strike over Central Africa.
I was getting setup to take images of Cairo. On the approach across Africa there was a bunch of lightning. Out of 800 or so images there was a red sprite!
50mm, f1.2, 1/10s, ISO 3200, denoised

https://x.com/dominickmatthew/status/1847994957878927418

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This one goes out to all the ketchup lovers out there. Everyone I’ve shared it with either thinks it is awesome or gross. Nothing in between. Also some interesting science stuff happening . . .

Having fun with @Astro_Suni and @astro_Pettit before we leave for Earth.

https://twitter.com/dominickmatthew/status/1848918230439522387

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Stephane SEBILE @spacemen1969
7 décembre
Joyeux anniversaire (43) à @dominickmatthew 🎂🎂🎂
(Vient de rentrer, le 25 octobre dernier, d'une mission de plus de 7 mois à bord de l'ISS : Commandant du Crew-8 pour Expedition 70-72-72, soit 235 jours 03 heures 35 minutes dans l'espace)

https://x.com/spacemen1969/status/1865170354718605602