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New York City at Night
One of the Expedition 35 crew members aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station exposed this 400 millimeter night image of the greater New York City metropolitan area on March 23, 2103. For orientation purposes, note that Manhattan runs horizontal through the frame from left to the midpoint. Central Park is just a little to the […]
Dubai at Night
April 2, 2012
City lights of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, are featured in this image taken by the Expedition 30 crew aboard the International Space Station. The City of Dubai–the largest metropolitan area within the emirate of Dubai–is a favorite subject of astronaut photography largely due to the unique artificial archipelagos situated directly offshore in the Persian Gulf, […]
The most amazing thing I have ever seen in space
December 22, 2011
Space Station Commander Captures Unprecedented View of Comet Ιnternational Space Station Commander Dan Burbank captured spectacular imagery of Comet Lovejoy as seen from about 240 miles above the Earth’s horizon on Wednesday, Dec. 21. Today Burbank described seeing the comet two nights ago as “the most amazing thing I have ever seen in space,” in […]
Video: View from Space
November 16, 2011
Time lapse sequences of photographs taken with a special low-light 4K-camera by the crew of expedition 28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October, 2011. http://youtu.be/ls9yJTphLxg
Soyuz Docks to International Space Station
November 16, 2011
The Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Dan Burbank and cosmonauts and fellow Expedition 29/30 members Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin hooks up with the International Space Station two days after their liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. http://youtu.be/9oW7noeV0dc Read also: Expedition 29 launched amid snowy conditions from Kazakhstan
A new chapter for NASA
November 13, 2011
NASA Hitches a Ride on a Russian Craft, and Begins a New Dependent Phase A Russian Soyuz rocket with three astronauts — two Russians, one American — is set to lift off from Kazakhstan on Monday morning, ferrying the men to the International Space Station. Ordinarily, the launching of a Soyuz, Russia’s workhorse rocket for […]
Hurricane Rina from ISS
October 26, 2011
External cameras on the International Space Station captured views of Hurricane Rina at 2:39 p.m. EDT on Oct. 25, 2011, as the complex flew 248 miles over the Caribbean Sea east of Belize. http://youtu.be/P4N1EX8i1CU
Space Station Sees Hurricane Irene
August 27, 2011
Cameras mounted on the International Space Station captured new views of Hurricane Irene at 4:27 p.m. EDT on August 26, 2011 as the storm bore down on the east coast of the United States. Accompanied by narration from Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Mike Fossum of NASA, the video showed the massive system moving north at […]
Space stuff of the future put to the test
July 18, 2011
This may look like a NASA version of the game Connect Four, but in fact it’s a scientific experiment. Photographed during a spacewalk as part of the current Atlantis shuttle mission, the Materials on International Space Station Experiment 8 (MISSE-8) consists of a series of circular test beds containing solar cells, computing devices and new and experimental materials, some […]
An Amazing View
July 16, 2011
This panoramic view was photographed from the International Space Station toward Earth, looking past space shuttle Atlantis’ docked cargo bay and part of the station, including a solar array panel. The photo was taken as the joint complex passed over the southern hemisphere. Aurora Australis or the Southern Lights can be seen on Earth’s horizon […]
Video: Shuttle docks with space station for last time
July 10, 2011
http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/xju97e The US space shuttle Atlantis has arrived at the International Space Station on the final flight of the Nasa shuttle programme.
Skies the limit: Photographer snaps space station streaking over Britain TWICE in one night
June 13, 2011
A British photographer was over the moon after he captured the International Space Station flying over Britain twice in one night. Mark Humpage camped out all night to snap these out-of-this-world images of the ISS speeding above the Leicestershire countryside. The 46-year-old was staked out in a secret location where he calculated conditions were just right to […]
April 1, 2013
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