US: NASA to beam planet's images for Earth Day
22 Apr 2009 12:39 AM
NASA is planning to broadcast high definition images of the planet taken from the International Space Station to mark Earth Day today.
The feed will go out on NASA TV and its website .. to help raise awareness of global climate issues.
The international space station orbits Earth every 90 minutes about 350 kilometres above the planet .. its permanent crew of three astronauts can see 16 sunrises and sunsets each day.
