Students and Astronauts Use Powerful New Tool to Explore Earth
From Space September 23, 2008 Contact: Ken Mayer CAMBRIDGE, MA –
Imagine being able, with a click of a mouse, to see the world,
in all its beauty, just like astronauts on the International
Space Station do. That’s exactly what will happen when Richard
Garriott – a citizen astronaut and son of former astronaut Owen
Garriott -- takes his trip to the International Space Station on
October 12 aboard the Soyuz. He will be carrying with him
special software – “Windows on Earth” -- developed by TERC (an
educational non-profit) and the Association of Space Explorers
to help him identify targets on the Earth to photograph for
scientific research and educational exploration. Anyone
interested in seeing what Garriott will see can use the SAME
software to simulate the views from the space station window by
going to winearth.terc.edu. This software, funded by the
National Science Foundation, was originally developed for use in
museums and the web. It is curren