If you follow space news, then you’ve likely seen some of the stunning images of Earth as it appears from space. Sometimes these pictures are taken by spacecraft — like the famous pale blue dot photo which was snapped by the Cassini spacecraft — and sometimes they are taken by satellites that orbit the planet. But other times the more close-up images are taken by people: the astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The ISS orbits the Earth
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