Showing posts with label International Space Station. Show all posts
Showing posts with label International Space Station. Show all posts

Thursday, March 22, 2012

All alone in the night, Space Station edition

Tonight's time-lapse video - night video from the International Space Station, including some great aurora sequences:

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Earth time lapse from ISS

Tonight's time lapse video - Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by the crew of expeditions 28 & 29 on board the International Space Station from August to October,
2011:

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Planet Earth overflight

Tonight's International Space Station video - a timelapse of Earth from orbit [try watching full screen]:

From the video's description:
A time-lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet at night. This movie begins over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica. Visible cities, countries and landmarks include (in order) Vancouver Island, Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles. Phoenix. Multiple cities in Texas, New Mexico and Mexico. Mexico City, the Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, El Salvador, Lightning in the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Lake Titicaca, and the Amazon. Also visible is the earths ionosphere (thin yellow line), a satellite (55sec) and the stars of our galaxy.

Friday, May 13, 2011

Tour of the ISS

Tonight's space station tour:

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Amateurs in space

Actually, amateur radio operators in space. For those who may not know, the International Space Station (ISS) has an amateur ("ham") radio station, callsign NA1SS. The video below is by Col. Doug Wheelock, ISS Expedition 25 commander, talking to US amateur radio operators down on terra firma: