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Last edited by Barman58; 23 Mar 2022 at 10:36.
For those of you that have never viewed this photo before, I thought I'd share. I think it is simply stunning.
Orbital Sunrise...
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet took this photo of sunrise over the Indian Ocean from the International Space Station.
Because the station orbits Earth every 90 minutes, astronauts stationed there can see 15 sunrises per day.
50 gorgeous photos of outer space
An interesting document from 1969: Space Task Group Report, 1969
Editorial Headnote: Space Task Group, "The Post-Apollo Space Program: Directions for the Future," September 1969; available in NASA Historical Reference Collection, History Office, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Page references to original document in brackets.]