Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, who came to the end of her mission at the International Space Station, shared a video that enchanted the audience. In the video, the view of Turkey as well as the whole world was seen from the ISS.
The United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced a new mission on Wednesday, Oct. to the International Space Station plans to send four astronauts. Along with the same mission, all four astronauts aboard the Station will return to Earth.
Italian Samantha Cristoforetti, one of the astronauts who will return to Earth, became the agenda on social media with a video she shared today. Samantha as she orbits the Station the sight they see recorded it. With the video, we had the chance to see the moments when the Station passed over the North Atlantic, Europe, North Africa and the Indian Ocean.
Video shared by the astronaut from the International Space Station:
In the video shared by the Italian astronaut, we started the journey over the United Kingdom, passed over France, saw Europe and stretched out to the Indian Ocean. In this journey, we can see the lights of metropolitan cities such as London, Paris, Rome and Naples clearly.
In addition, while the station is flying over the Mediterranean, Western part of Turkey, from the tip The lights of Istanbul and Cyprus too we could see. The video managed to collect thousands of likes and comments in a short time.
So how do we see this view from the International Space Station?
International Space Station from earth at an altitude of about 400 kilometers orbits around. Although the Earth cannot be seen from end to end at this altitude, it allows us to observe a large part of the Earth.
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