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Video of earth from space has gone viral

28 Novembre, 2020, 02:51 | Auteur: Therese Cote
  • NASA astronaut Victor Glover filmed Earth from some 250 miles above

Glover wrote while sharing the video.

Glover tweeted, " Looking at Earth through the Dragon Resilience window.

NASA and Procter & Gamble (P&G) have signed an agreement to develop the first detergent for washing clothes in space - despite a long-standing recommendation against astronauts doing their own laundry.

No washing machine has been developed for use in zero-gravity and now astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) wear their clothes for "as long as it is tolerable to the crew based on smell and crustiness", according to a Nasa report from 2013. They all arrived on the given space station back on November 16 which was an approximate of 27 hours after they had launched from the SpaceX and NASA mission known as the first Crew-1.

It seems Glover is having that special little moment, as he is now 1,161,600 feet above Earth's surface.

The four astronauts speaking after Rubins in the video are NASA astronauts Victor Clover, Shannon Walker and Mike Hopkins and Japanese astronaut (Jaxa) astronaut Sochi Nokuchi.

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"I am a junior astronaut, I am the pilot and will learn the ropes from a very experienced crew", Glover said.

In 1983, Guion S. Bluford Jr. became the first black American man to go to space, while Mae Jemison became the first black American woman to fly into space in 1992. He will serve as the flight engineer on the International Space Station for Expedition 64, according to NASA.

Epps was set to be the first black astronaut to complete an extended stay on a mission in 2018, but was unexpectedly pulled from her June flight, The Washington Post reports.

The US space agency did not provide an explanation for the change of crew, but Epp's brother pointed to racism.

Speaking with The Christian Chronicle, he said: 'I've had some unbelievable colleagues before me that really could have done it, and there are some incredible folks that will go behind me'.

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