NASA installed HD cameras outside the International Space Station streaming 24/7

[bsmooth]

The High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) experiment aboard the ISS was activated April 30, 2014. It is mounted on the External Payload Facility of the European Space Agency’s Columbus module. This experiment includes several commercial HD video cameras aimed at the earth which are enclosed in a pressurized and temperature controlled housing. Video from these cameras is transmitted back to earth and also streamed live on this channel. While the experiment is operational, views will typically sequence though the different cameras. Between camera switches, a gray and then black color slate will briefly appear. Since the ISS is in darkness during part of each orbit, the images will be dark at those times. During periods of loss of signal with the ground or when HDEV is not operating, a gray color slate or previously recorded video may be seen.

 

[Serious]

i could watch this all day

 

[bigDeeOT]

That's pretty sick.

 

[bigDeeOT]

Are there any videos of something falling that high all the way to the ground? That would be interesting.

 

[Type Username Here]

Are there any videos of something falling that high all the way to the ground? That would be interesting.

It's pretty "high" [far]

 

[thernbroom]

your telling me they dont have cameras up there filming our every move, where that missing plane at

 

[bigDeeOT]

Yeah I understand that.

 

[Serious]

your telling me they dont have cameras up there filming our every move, where that missing plane at

 

[TrifeGod]

 

[tmonster]

 

[tmonster]

Are there any videos of something falling that high all the way to the ground? That would be interesting.

falling to the ground is subjective
it's more like curving to the ground

more interesting is that if you are in one of those station at orbiting velocity-enough to create the centrifugal force (cf) necessary to match the strength of gravity at your orbital height- then so is the object you plan to watch fall. And so you would have to throw the object out of the back of the ship or in opposite direction to which you are traveling in order to reduce its velocity and hence, its cf; so you could then watch it slowly fall out of the line of sight as earth's gravity takes over. the softer you toss it out the longer you could watch it trail the ship.

even more interesting, now that I think about it, is that since the big bang (if you believe in that sort of thing), nothing in the universe has ever stood still, especially relatively, except maybe the original spacetime point of the big bang. if you consider energy as the motivator of all things, the universe is still running from that original boost.

 

[Cabbage Patch]

Yeah, whatever. They'll end up cutting it just like they unceremoniously cut feeds from Mars several years ago. (And for the record, I'm one of those who believe the infamous 'rock' doesn't look like a rock, but does look like the remains of a burrowed hole.) Thank you for the link all the same. That stuff is still fascinating.

 

[Cabbage Patch]

That movie pissed me off. Why send a message that only one person can access? What if some group had Laika'd (RIP innocent one) the whole thing? The troll part of me likes to think because she didn't end up like Powder it was actually a failure, 18 hours of static or not.

I haven't read the book, and I don't remember all of the movie. Was it possible to keep 'sending' the sphere on it's relativity journey, or did the entire enterprise bankrupt world powers?

 

[tmonster]

That movie pissed me off. Why send a message that only one person can access? What if some group had Laika'd (RIP innocent one) the whole thing? The troll part of me likes to think because she didn't end up like Powder it was actually a failure, 18 hours of static or not.

I haven't read the book, and I don't remember all of the movie. Was it possible to keep 'sending' the sphere on it's relativity journey, or did the entire enterprise bankrupt world powers?

you mean only "intelligent" people can access?

 

[Cabbage Patch]

i could watch this all day

Will they do something special in conjuction with the Norad annual Christmas tracking, which always shows Santa visiting the ISS?