Tuesday, September 30, 2014

A One Minute Trip Around Earth on the Space Station

A One Minute Trip Around Earth on the Space StationMore space news and info at: http://ift.tt/1c0WWYT - video was taken by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst showing a trip around the world in just under one minute.It actually takes 90 minutes for the International Space Station to circle Earth completely - passing from daytime to nighttime and back again.With each orbit, the Space Station moves around 2,200 kilometers to the West in relation to the prior orbit 90 minutes before.



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