The dichotomy of being on a spacecraft dedicated to improving life on the earth and watching life being destroyed by such willful, terrible acts is jolting to the psyche, no matter who you are.' Upon further reflection, Culbertson said, 'It's horrible to see smoke pouring from wounds in your own country from such a fantastic vantage point. What I say or do is very minor compared to the significance of what happened to our country today when it was attacked,' he wrote. The following day, he posted a public letter that captured his initial thoughts of the events as they unfolded.Īlso Read | No gamma rays from dwarf galaxy solves astronomical puzzle 'Our prayers and thoughts go out to all the people there, and everywhere else,' Culbertson said after the terrorists' attacks. From his unique vantage point in space, he recorded his thoughts of the world changing beneath him He captured incredible images in the minutes and hours following the event. The photo was taken of metropolitan New York City (and other parts of New York as well as New Jersey) on the morning of September 11, 2001.Įxpedition 3 Commander Frank Culbertson was aboard the International Space Station (ISS) at the time of the attacks, and the only American on the crew.Īs soon as he learned of the attacks, he began documenting the event in photographs because the station was flying over the New York City area, NASA said in a statement late on Sunday.

Some of the rocks appear to be undercut on one side and partially buried by drifting sand on the other.NASA has shared images of the 9/11 terrorist attack in 2001 taken from the International Space Station (ISS), along with the historic image that shows a smoke plume rising from the Manhattan area after two planes crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center (WTC). Toward the right edge is an array of smooth fine-grained material which shows some hint of ripple structure and may be the beginning of a large dune field off to the right of the picture, which joins with dunes seen at the top left in this 300 degree panoramic view. At upper right is the high gain dish antenna for direct communication between landed spacecraft and Earth. In right foreground are color charts for Lander camera calibration, a mirror for the Viking magnetic properties experiment and part of a grid on the top of the Lander body. The projections on or near the horizon may represent the rims distant impact craters. At left is seen the low gain antenna for receipt of commands from the Earth. A horizontal cloud stratum can be made out halfway from the horizon to the top of the picture. Some unidentified shapes can be perceived on the hilly eminence at the horizon towards the right. The dark sinuous markings in left foreground are of unknown origin.

At left is a collection of fine-grained material reminiscent of sand dunes. The panorama is stitched together from 132 individual images taken on April 15, 2021, the 3,090th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took this 360-degree panorama while atop Mont Mercou, a rock formation that offered a view into Gale Crater below. The horizon features are approximately three kilometers (1.8 miles) away. 360 View: Use the arrows in the top left, or click (or touch) and drag your cursor or mouse, to move the view up/down and right/left. At the horizon to the left is a plateau-like prominence much brighter than the foreground material between the rocks. However, the change of brightness from horizon towards zenith and towards the right (west) is accurately reflected in this picture, taken in late Martian afternoon. Parallel lines in the sky are an artifact and are not real features. The out of focus spacecraft component toward left center is the housing for the Viking sample arm, which is not yet deployed. maps can allow you to directly view the street in your area for 3D panoramic view. First panoramic view by Viking 1 from the surface of Mars. Animated live winds map 1,889 Likes Watch live as NASAs Artemis 1.

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