Space Stations

Flying Into An Orbital Sunrise Over Texas

By Keith Cowing

Press Release

NASA

July 24, 2022

Filed under Expedition 67, ISS, Overview Effect, space station

The sun’s rays begin to illuminate the Earth’s atmosphere as the International Space Station flew into an orbital sunrise 261 miles above Texas.

iss067e189024 (July 16, 2022) – larger image

Keith Cowing

SpaceRef co-founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

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