ISS Marks 20 Years Orbiting Earth With Longest Timelapse Ever Made In Space

AmiMoJo writes: The International Space Station has been in orbit for 20 years, with the first module Zarya (Russian for 'dawn') being launched on the 20th of November in 1998. To celebrate, the European Space Agency (ESA) has released the longest timelapse video made in space to date. 'Captured by German astronaut Alexander Gerst, the time-lapse takes you on two trips around the world with labels marking countries that pass through the frame,' reports PetaPixel. 'Traveling at 28,800 km/h (17896 mph), it takes the station just 90 minutes to orbit the Earth. 21,375 individual photos shot on October 6th went into the video, which is played back at 12.5 times faster than real time.'

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