Sunrise From Space

The iss orbits the earth every 90 minutes and sees 16 sunrises a day.

Sunrise from space. The multiple chances for photography are fortunate because at that speed each sunrise or sunset only lasts a few seconds. A sunrise from space this photo time lapse was taken from the international space station of a single sunrise over earth. Wiseman wrote not every day is easy. Cruising along at 27 700 km 17 200 miles per hour the astronauts experience 15 or 16 sunrises and sets every day.

Yesterday was a tough one. Sunrise in space this view featuring a sunrise dissecting a line of airglow of earth s atmosphere was photographed by an sts 114 crewmember onboard space shuttle discovery after departure from the international space station. For example how about checking out orbital sunrise. That means it orbits earth every 90 minutes so it sees a sunrise every 90 minutes.

The international space station orbits 354 kilometers 220 miles above the earth completing one trip around the globe every 92 minutes. Thus every day the residents of the. According to the atlantic the international space station orbits the earth every 90 minutes. Nasa astronaut reid wiseman posted this image of a sunrise captured from the international space station to social media on oct.

Astronaut photograph iss023 e 57948 was acquired on may 25 2010 with a nikon d3 digital camera and is provided by the iss crew earth observations experiment and image science analysis laboratory johnson space center. A perspective that reminds us of the majesty of our planet. Another video from the space station shows the astronauts view backdropped by a cloudy earth as the station zooms into the light and moves. During a recent world view commercial payload flight our cameras captured something magnificent.