[meteorite-list] Space Station Commander Captures Unprecedented View Of Comet Lovejoy
Ron Baalke
baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov
Thu Dec 22 18:17:01 EST 2011
Dec. 22, 2011
Michael Curie
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
michael.curie at nasa.gov
Kylie Clem
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
kylie.s.clem at nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-255
SPACE STATION COMMANDER CAPTURES UNPRECEDENTED VIEW OF COMET
HOUSTON -- International Space Station Commander Dan Burbank captured
spectacular imagery of Comet Lovejoy, viewed from about 240 miles
above the Earth's horizon on Wednesday, Dec. 21.
Today Burbank described seeing the comet as "the most amazing thing I
have ever seen in space," in an interview with WDIV-TV in Detroit.
Burbank took hundreds of still images of the comet.
The images also were processed into a time-lapse video that will air
on NASA TV at 4 p.m. CST.
The video, including Burbanks' comments, and a selection of the
individual images are available online at:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
For additional images and information on Comet Lovejoy, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/sunearth
For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
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