NASA On Air: Space Station View Of Meteor (7/6/2015)
LEAD: Warm summer nights can be enjoyable times to watch for meteor showers.
1. From Earth, streaking meteors seem to appear as shooting stars millions of miles away.
2. But, a picture from the International Space Station clearly captures a meteor BELOW the 250 miles altitude of the space station.
3. The visible streaks are caused by tiny particles burning up in Earth's atmosphere due to friction at altitudes of 50 miles above the surface.
TAG: Most meteors are the size of a grain of sand. Delta Aquarids meteor showers are visible from mid-July with peak activity on July 28 or 29.
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Credits
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Ground Image courtesy of Jimmy Westlake
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Producer
- Howard Joe Witte (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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Video editor
- Sophia Roberts (USRA)
Release date
This page was originally published on Monday, July 6, 2015.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:49 PM EDT.