Top 10 Most Beautiful Earth Photos Taken From the International Space Station in 2021

Here are the top 10 most beautiful Earth photos taken from the International Space Station in 2021. Which one is your favorite? Or if your favorite image was not listed here, please leave a comment below. To see all images taken from the ISS and published by NASA, visit Space Station Images webpage.

Blue Marble: the famous Apollo 17 photograph of Earth from space

On December 7, 1972, the crewmembers of Apollo 17 spacecraft en route to the Moon took a photo of Earth from space, at a distance of about 45,000 kilometers (28,000 miles). This image, with the official NASA designation AS17-148-22727, became known as “The Blue Marble”. It remains one of the most iconic photos of Earth …

Fastest human-made object: Parker Solar Probe

On November 21, 2021, the spacecraft traveled with a velocity of 364,660 miles per hour (586,863 km/h), or 101 miles per second (mi/s) (163 kilometers per second), and once again became the fastest human-made object ever built. That speed is fast enough to fly from New York to Tokyo in just over a minute. Despite …

Moon samples returned from Chang’e-5 tell of recent volcanism

Change-5 represents China’s first mission to return moon samples to Earth, hence marks a major step forward for China’s lunar exploration program. Now, recent analysis suggests that the Moon samples returned from Chang’e-5 tell of recent volcanism.

Sputnik 1 was launched on October 4, 1957, and started the “Space Age”

On October 4, 1957, the first artificial satellite Sputnik 1, was launched by the Soviet Union. Thus, began the space age. It orbited the Earth until January 4, 1958. Sputnik 1 made 1440 orbits and traveled about 70 million kilometers (43 million miles). The successful launch shocked the world, according to NASA, and gave the …