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Collection:
NASA Solarsystem Collection
title:
Storm Clouds - First Space Station Image
description:
A mass of storm clouds was observed and recorded from the International Space Station (ISS) by Expedition 1 crew members. The picture, made with an Electrical Still Camera (ESC), was the first Earth observation still image downlinked by the three-man crew. Expedition 1 crew members were cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, flight engineer; astronaut William Shepherd, mission commander; and cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko, Soyuz commander.

Because the station's communication system was still under construction, the image files had to be compressed at high levels for downlink, resulting in the loss of information.

*Image Credit*: NASA
keywords:
Solar System Exploration
keywords:
SSE
keywords:
Space
keywords:
NASA
keywords:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
keywords:
JPL
keywords:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
keywords:
Planets
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
International Space Station (ISS)
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_who:
Sergei Krikalev
facet_who:
William Shepherd
facet_who:
Yuri Gidzenko
UID:
SPD-SLRSY-1569
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Storm Clouds - First Space Station Image