International Space Station (ISS) the astronauts in charge of the photo taken at an altitude of approximately 402 kilometers.
SOUTHEAST ASIA APPEARS
Southeast Asia and Indonesia appear in the photo. ISS spins around the world at more than 28,000 kilometers per hour. At this speed, a tour around the Earth takes approximately 90 minutes.
NASA says that the astronauts on duty use geospatila information to understand the dynamics of our planet and call the image a ‘peaceful scene..
STATION WEIGHT 450 THOUSAND TONS
NASA, the station has a 5-room house or two Boeing 747 aircraft volume, the crew of 6 people and can accommodate guests, while the station's weight on the ground is approximately 450 thousand tons, he says. A football field-wide station hosts modules from the USA, Russia, Japan and Europe.
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