Published 20:03 IST, December 8th 2020

ISS shares images of full Moon as seen from 240 miles above Earth, pictures go viral

The International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday, December 5 shared "spectacular" images of the full moon as seen in space, which has since gone viral.

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International Station (ISS) on Saturday, December 5 shared "spectacular" ims of full moon as seen in , which has since gone viral on social media attracting a lot of reactions. pictures of full moon, which occurs once a month, was taken from onboard ISS, which floats 250 miles above Earth and orbits Earth nearly 16 times per day. pictures shared by ISS have garnered more than 42,000 likes and over 6,400 retweets at time of publishing this story. 

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Netizens are absolutely in awe of ims as y have flooded comment section of post with appreciating messs. Some even shared ir own ims of Moon that y apparently took here from Earth. One individual shared picture of ISS taken from Earth that individual ed right at moment when ISS was in line with Moon. ISS thanked individual for sharing pic. 

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ISS Crew keeps sharing wonderful ims from every w and n. Just recently, NASA shared a stunning im of a deep oceanic trench in Bahamas and  islands of Andros and nearby New Providence that was captured from station. ISS, which was launched in 1998, has me it possible for humans to continuously inhabit for past two deces. ISS usually orbits roughly 420 kilometres above Earth, at a speed of about 17,000 miles per hour and as of May h completed 1,16,178 orbits.

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20:03 IST, December 8th 2020