A series of daytime photos were taken by ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli from on board the International Space Station flying from Africa, to Italy and Russia to create this time-lapse of Earth.
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli in currently working and living on board the International Space Station as part of the Italian Space Agency’s long-duration VITA mission.
It’s time to test your geography skills! Can you name one or more cities in this night timelapse over Europe?
If yes, go and write your answers on Paolo’s social media accounts (Twitter, Facebook or Instagram) as a comment or a reply to his video using the hashtag #timelapsechallenge. Stay tuned for the answers!
A series of nighttime photos were taken by ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli to create this time-lapse of the Earth as seen from the Space Station.
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli in currently working and living on board the International Space Station as part of the Italian Space Agency’s long-duration VITA mission.
A series of nighttime photos were taken by ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli to create this time-lapse of the Earth from the Black Sea to Oman as seen from the International Space Station.
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli in currently working and living on board the International Space Station as part of the Italian Space Agency’s long-duration VITA mission.
Filmed with a RED Dragon camera aboard the International Space Station by ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli on 29 August 2017, the video is shown in real time as the ISS flew over Italy.
Background song “Daylight” by Roob Sebastian.
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli in currently working and living aboard the International Space Station as part of the Italian Space Agency long duration VITA mission.
A series of day-time photos were taken by ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli to create this time-lapse of Africa as seen from the Space Station.
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli in currently working and living aboard the International Space Station as part of the Italian Space Agency long duration VITA mission.
On 18 September 2017, ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli shot this beautiful time-lapse showing the Moon rising above the Earth’s horizon together with Mercury, Mars, the star Regulus, and Venus.
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli is currently working and living on board the International Space Station as part of his long duration Vita mission.
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli is currently living and working on the International Space Station as part of his VITA mission. This video shows highlights from his first month.
The mission is part of ESA’s vision to use Earth-orbiting spacecraft as a place to live and work for the benefit of European society while using the experience to prepare for future voyages of exploration further into the Solar System.
It’s an age when many of us would be considering winding down, and cutting back on physical exertion. Not so for Paolo Nespoli, who is about to embark on his third space mission at the age of 60, which makes him Europe’s oldest astronaut. At the end of July he will voyage to the International Space Station (ISS), where he will remain for some months.