Astronomy - Why do you never see a single star during space walks just outside our atmosphere?

Question

All the footage I have ever seen of astronauts working on sattelites, space stations, or space shuttles, has never shown a single star in the sky. Is this a cause of the sun blinding them out?

Answer 1

because nasa probably paid 2 mil a pop for fischer price cameras

Answer 2

You Wanna Know Why Because Its Not True I Have Known That The Apollo Trip To The Moon Is Fake Cause The Flag They Put Was Flapping There Is No Wind On Moon And The Pic Showed A Shadow They Said There Were On The Side Of The Moon Were There Isnt No Sun And The Video Showed An Astronaut Walking Or Running He Looked Like He Was Running Like U Would If Your Were On The Earth And The Pic Shows No Stars Why Caue Its All Fake Dont Get Ur Hopes Up

Answer 3

If the sun is there, probably. But the astronauts see stars - you can't because the space station, the shuttle, and their space suits (not to mention the Earth) are reflecting SO much light that you can't pick up something as dim as a star without WAY overexposing the image. Try standing directly under a streetlight at night and taking a picture of the sky above you - all you'll get is the streetlight. Stars are dim!

Answer 4

Yes, but not the way you're thinking. The sunlight reflecting off of the white space suits and the white space equipment is very bright. The camera is adjusted to this intensity of light. The stars, by comparison, are very dim, and the camera doesn't register their light when adjusted to the foreground intensity.

This is the same reason why people thought the pictures on the moon were fake - they just didn't stop and think why there were no stars in the picture.

Answer 5

Because they are not bright enough to photograph. Try taking a photograph of stars with your own camera some time. It is really hard. Also, the Sun is bright, lighting up the space craft and the astronauts, if not the sky.

Answer 6

Exactly right. If you were in space, you could see the stars. But cameras aren't as versitle as the human eye. And the sun is a lot brighter, since there's no atmosphere to absorb some of the light. So the light--even reflected off something (like a spacecraft) is so bright it washes out the starlight.

Answer 7

On a slightly different note, i went to the rocket garden at John F Kennedy space centre over christmas, and was just amazed at how big the shuttle is and the fuel tank and rocket boosters are. Actually i just liked the whole thing

Answer 8

Try it yourself at night. Take a picture of a person at night, expose for the person. You won't see any star. Light is not always on, it takes time to travel. If you use a time exposure you will see streaks, if you pan your camera with the motion of the earth, then you will see the stars.

Answer 9

I heard it was the camera lights make the starlight in the background too faint to be picked up by the camera. This also hapened with the moon pics and thus why the conspiracy theorists believed it was fake.

Answer 10

Because you've seen a star already... the Sun!!!! (?!)