Kamis, 18 April 2019

NASA release BREATHTAKING photo of UK taken from International Space Station - Express.co.uk

The nation’s expansive green lands and surrounding waters were captured in the beautiful picture. The snap was taken from low orbit about 214 nautical miles away from Earth. The distance is the same between central London to Manchester by car via the M40.

A Nikon D5 was used to snap the shot, with a 17-35mm zoom lens, looking through a window of the ISS over the sea between Wales and Ireland.

Last year, the ISS celebrated 20 years since it was first launched, though the first batch of long-term residents did not arrive until two years later in November 2000.

In its lifetime, the station has been home to 236 astronauts, including British ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Major Tim Peake.

He was at the station from December 15, 2015 until June 18, 2016.

READ MORE: NASA news: WATCH bizarre moment mice in space struggle with gravity

Every single day, six trained astronauts onboard the ISS complete between 15 to 16 orbits of the Earth.

The astronauts conduct hundreds of experiments for the advancement of space exploration, technology and medicine.

But what most people may not know, is the astronauts are not alone in space and are joined by a furry family of critters.

They began an unusual experiment to compare mice in space and mice on Earth.

They found the space-borne mice became significantly more active while in orbit.

NASA said in a statement mice biology is in many ways comparable to that of humans, making them the perfect test subject.

April Ronca, a researcher at NASA’s Ames Research Centre, said: “Behaviour is a remarkable representation of the biology of the whole organism.

“It informs us about overall health and brain function.”

The goal of the study was to test how living organisms react to space travel and low gravity environments.

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