Studies of the Earth’s horizon and halo from on board the Voskhod-1 spacecraft

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.

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photography in space, manned space flights, space photography equipment, space research

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11.10.2018

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GOST	Shcherbinin D. Studies of the Earth’s horizon and halo from on board the Voskhod-1 spacecraft // Voprosy istorii estestvoznaniia i tekhniki – 2018. – V. 39. – 3 C. 445-453 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://vietmag.org/S020596060001117-0-1 (circulation date: 26.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S020596060001117-0
MLA	Shcherbinin, Dmitrii "Studies of the Earth’s horizon and halo from on board the Voskhod-1 spacecraft." Voprosy istorii estestvoznaniia i tekhniki 39.3 (2018):445-453. DOI: 10.31857/S020596060001117-0
APA	Shcherbinin D. (2018). Studies of the Earth’s horizon and halo from on board the Voskhod-1 spacecraft. Voprosy istorii estestvoznaniia i tekhniki 39(3), pp.445-453 DOI: 10.31857/S020596060001117-0

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