Space station flyaround

[DemiGod251]

If we are this smart and if obama doesn't cancel the new shuttles we would have alot faser ships stronger ships

and could carry more supplies

that would be awesome

[bean12000]

some one tell me wear are the stars ..look up off a night ttheir so my head is pondaring

[SkyCris]

Amazing video! Awesome! :)

[AllanT101]

what would you do if you were in the space station then a meteor hit earth and you along with your crew on the space station were the last humans alive? *this is all hypothetically speaking of course, lol*

[BenRoots65]

its 100% hypothetical, meteorites are too small, but miniplanets could be a problem, it depends how big it would be....

[AllanT101]

fine then, asteroids... remember, it's hypothetical! lol

[swisha300]

pretty queer looking : ) needs someone like zaha hadid to give it a real 'home makeover'.

[thucydides01984]

You can't see any stars because the exposure is set for the reflected light off the station. That's too low to pick up stars. Try to take a picture of the moon with your camera. If the exposure is correct, you won't see any stars. If you severely overexpose the moon, you might catch some stars.

[rsuesakul]

randy suesakul.

[Lazewski]

* waits for the thing to fly into some shit *

[SquidTube]

Awesome!!!

[eeirertomb]

why never any star's?

[wuzzlevideos]

The CCDs on the cameras aren't sensitive enough to pick them up, our eyes are better :)

[Lincoln6Echo1]

Go outside on a bright clear sunny day. Look up. Tell me if you see any stars.

I'll save you some time. You won't. Why? BECAUSE IT'S DAYTIME!!!!

Same thing during this flyaround shot. It's daytime. The glare of the light off the Earth washes out any chance of seeing stars.

However, during night-time passes, the crew can see stars...very vividly in fact, they even have a 3D effect because they're not looking through the atmosphere.

[Digeridude]

Because it was filmed in a STUDIO....ON MARS!

[PocketAces18]

Hard to believe the size of it eh?

[thepetecom]

Nope. It needs more solar panels.

;P

[utkid69]

Actually, the two rotating arrays are suntracking for power. The other arrays are fixed for loads and erosion reasons.

[requieminadream]

Wow. Earth is kinda big.

[teookie]

This has got to be one of the coolest vid's on youtube. Anyone know where to download a high def version?

[spaceguy87]

The two closest solar panels to where Discovery was docked were facing backwards for various reaons (thermal, g-load, and rocket exhaust constraints). Since Discovery was far enough away they were moved back to be in sync with the other arrays.

[erwinwendyroos2008]

Why are only 2 of the 8 solar panel couples rotating?

[YoshiSeven]

wow im speechless

[pablomartinr]

Spectacular !!!!

[gk123434534]

Absolutely amazing!