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\nLooking down from the Cupola observatory on the International Space Station, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti took this timelapse of a cloudless Italy and Egypt from 400 km above Earth.\n<\/p>\n
\nCircling Earth at speeds of 28 800 km\/h, the 3500 km flight took Samantha less than eight minutes. Images from a Space Station camera were joined together to create this video and make the flight seem even faster.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe astronauts on the Space Station spend as much time as possible on science. During her 40-hour working week Samantha runs many experiments from Italy\u2019s ASI space agency and ESA, and takes part in even more from scientists all over the world.\n<\/p>\n
\nSamantha is living and working on board the International Space Station as part of the six-strong Expedition 42 and 43 crew. Follow her Futura mission at samanthacristoforetti.esa.int<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \t\t\t\t\t \nLooking down from the Cupola observatory on the International Space Station, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti took this timelapse of a cloudless Italy and Egypt from 400 km above Earth.\n<\/p>\n \nCircling Earth at speeds of 28 800 km\/h, the 3500 km flight took Samantha less than eight minutes. Images from a Space Station camera were joined together to create this video and make the flight seem even faster.\n<\/p>\n \nThe astronauts on the Space Station spend as much time as possible on science. During her 40-hour working week Samantha runs many experiments from Italy\u2019s ASI space agency and ESA, and takes part in even more from scientists all over the world.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n