{"id":14432,"date":"2017-05-30T18:56:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T22:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14432"},"modified":"2017-05-30T18:56:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T22:56:39","slug":"earthkam-captures-the-grand-canyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14432","title":{"rendered":"EarthKAM captures the Grand Canyon"},"content":{"rendered":"

EarthKAM<\/a> is a camera aboard the International Space Station<\/a>\u00a0that is controlled by middle-school students participating in the Sally Ride Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle School Students<\/a> (i.e. Sally Ride EarthKAM) program. Students recently took this terrific\u00a0image of the Grand Canyon:<\/a><\/p>\n

Space Station’s EarthKAM Sees the Grand Canyon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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View of the Grand Canyon with EarthKAM [Large image<\/a>.]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>On April 3, 2017, the student-controlled EarthKAM camera aboard the International Space Station captured this photograph<\/a> of a favorite target — the Grand Canyon — from low Earth orbit. The camera has been aboard the orbiting outpost since the first space station expedition began in November 2000 and supports approximately four missions annually. Mission 58 begins in fall 2017, and interested middle school students and teachers can sign up at the EarthKAM website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Sally Ride Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle School Students (Sally Ride EarthKAM) program provides a unique educational opportunity<\/a> for thousands of students multiple times a year. EarthKAM is an international award-winning education program, allowing students to photograph and analyze our planet from the perspective of the International Space Station. Using the Internet, students control a special digital camera on the orbiting laboratory to photograph Earth’s coastlines, mountain ranges and other interesting geographical topography.<\/p>\n

Image Credit: Sally Ride EarthKAM<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

EarthKAM is a camera aboard the International Space Station\u00a0that is controlled by middle-school students participating in the Sally Ride Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle School Students (i.e. Sally Ride EarthKAM) program. Students recently took this terrific\u00a0image of the Grand Canyon: Space Station’s EarthKAM Sees the Grand Canyon On April 3, 2017, the student-controlled EarthKAM camera … Continue reading EarthKAM captures the Grand Canyon<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-eyes-in-the-sky"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3KM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15592,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15592","url_meta":{"origin":14432,"position":0},"title":"Middle school students\/teachers can register for next Sally Ride EarthKAM session of ISS earth imaging","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 15, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Mission 60 for the\u00a0Sally Ride EarthKAM\u00a0program is set for\u00a0February 20-26. 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