The International Space Station has been heralded as one of mankind’s greatest achievements. Unprecedented corporation among an array of countries has resulted in a laboratory orbiting over Earth. And NASA now shared a stunning time-lapse of astronaut Nick Hague’s view as the International Space Station hurtles over Earth in low orbit.
The time-lapse video condensed half an hour of orbit time around the Earth, traveling from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean, into one awe-inspiring minute.
And the the sight of clouds swirling below only enhance the sensational sight filmed 254 miles over Earth.
Mr Hague tweeted: “Took a moment to capture the beauty of our planet today.
“I was awestruck as I watched the wispy clouds disappear into the shadows.”
Mr Hague travelled to the £119billion ($150billion) space station on March 14 and will return to Earth in October.
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Mr Hague recently also shared an update after his first two months on the station.
He wrote in May: “2 months into my stay on @Space_Station! What’s it like adjusting to life in space?
“My back stretched out due to lack of gravity & I’m now 2 inches taller, fluid shifts make me feel a bit stuffy, & the tops of my feet now have calluses since we use them like hands on handrails.”
Mr Hague launched to the station as part of Expedition 59 along with NASA astronaut Christina Koch and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin.
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They joined NASA astronaut Anne McClain, Roscosmos station commander Oleg Kononenko and the Canadian Space Agency’s David Saint-Jacques, who were already on station.
Mr Hague and Ovchinin got a second chance after their original October 11 launch failed.
Shortly after launch, there was an anomaly with the booster, and the launch ascent was aborted, resulting in a ballistic landing of the spacecraft, NASA announced.
Mr Hague wrote: “We were violently shaken side to side, thrust back into our seats as the launch escape system ripped us away from the rocket.
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“As all of that’s happening, you’re being shaken around, vision is blurry.
“I hear the alarm sounding and see the red light where the engine has had an emergency.
“I had the vivid realisation we aren’t making it to orbit today, we’ve been pulled off rocket and we have to land.”
The ISS crew have been conducting experiments including biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science in the orbiting microgravity lab.