Credit & Copyright: Derek Demeter
(Emil Buehler Planetarium)
Explanation:
Completing one
orbit
of our fair planet in 90 minutes
the International Space Station can easily be spotted by eye
as a very bright star moving through the night sky.
Have you seen it?
The next time you do, you will have recognized the location of over
20 years of continuous
human presence in space.
In fact, the
Expedition
1 crew to the ISS
docked with the orbital
outpost some 400 kilometers above the Earth on November 2, 2000.
No telescope is required to spot the ISS flashing through the
night.
But this telescopic field of view does reveal remarkable
details
of the space station
captured as it transited the waning gibbous moon on November 3,
just one day after the space age milestone.
The well-timed telescopic snapshot also contains the
location of another inspirational human achievement.
About 400,000 kilometers away,
the Apollo 11 landing site on the dark,
smooth lunar Sea of Tranquility
is to the right of the ISS silhouette.
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 |
Yanvar' Fevral' Mart Aprel' Mai Iyun' Iyul' Avgust Sentyabr' Oktyabr' Noyabr' Dekabr' |
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
|
Publikacii s klyuchevymi slovami:
Moon - ISS - Luna - MKS
Publikacii so slovami: Moon - ISS - Luna - MKS | |
Sm. takzhe:
Vse publikacii na tu zhe temu >> | |
