The International Space Station completes an orbit of the Earth roughly every 90 minutes. Flying around our home planet at 17,134mph (17,576kmh), the ISS circles the Earth about 15 times every 24 hours. This means the orbital laboratory spends 45 minutes in the Earth’s dayside and 45 minutes in the Earth’s nightside. And it is during this 45-minute daytime window that you can catch a breathtaking glimpse of our planet from space.
How to watch the International Space Station live stream:
Courtesy of US space agency NASA, you can watch a 24-hour livestream of the Earth, as seen from the ISS.
You can watch the live stream here on Express.co.uk by clicking on the embedded video player below.
The NASA stream features a variety of different angles and shots, which include snapshots of life on the ISS.
NASA said: “Live video from the International Space Station includes internal views when the crew is on-duty and Earth views at other times.
“The video is accompanied by audio of conversations between the crew and Mission Control.
“The video is only available when the space station is in contact with the ground.”
During brief moments when the signal cuts out, a blue screen will take over the stream.
And after the ISS leaves the Earth’s dayside and enters night, the stream turns pitch-black for another 45 minutes.
NASA said: “Since the station orbits the Earth once every 90 minutes, it experiences a sunrise or a sunset about every 45 minutes.
“When the station is in darkness, external camera video may appear black but can sometimes provide spectacular views of lightning or city lights below.”
Video from the International Space Station includes internal views when the crew is on-duty
NASA
Alternatively, you can watch NASA’s mesmerising High-Definition views of the Earth.
In 2014, NASA activated the High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) experiment – a collection of HD camera mounted on the ISS, trained at the Earth blow.
The cameras are mounted in a protective, “temperature specific” housing to protect them from the perils of space.
NASA said: “The HDEV visible HD video cameras are a fixed payload camera system that requires no zoom, no pan or tilt mechanisms.
“The four fixed cameras are positioned to capture imagery of the Earth’s surface and its limb as seen from the ISS.
“The video imagery is encoded into an Ethernet compatible format for transmission to the ground and further distribution.
“In this format, the video can be viewed from any computer connected to the internet.”
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Quick facts about the International Space Station:
1. The ISS measures 357ft from tip to tip and its impressive solar array alone measures 240ft.
2. The amount of room on the ISS, for living and working, is larger than a six room house.
3. Astronauts on the ISS work out for two hours a day to combat muscle and bone loss from the microgravity environment.
4. The ISS is always manned by a crew of six astronauts.
5. As of March 2019, 230 astronauts from 18 countries have visited the ISS.
6. There are eight miles of electric cables running throughout the ISS.
7. An ISS-bound spacecraft launched from Earth can reach the laboratory in as little as six hours.
8. The space station’s orbit covers about 90 percent of all humanity.
9. About 350,000 sensors onboard the ISS monitor the health and safety of the crew.
10. The ISS’ systems are controlled by more than 50 computers.
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