ISS Update: Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle School Students (EarthKAM) – Video

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ISS Update: Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle School Students (EarthKAM)
ISS Update commentator Pat Ryan talks to Brion Au, Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle School Students (EarthKAM) Payload Developer, about the EarthKAM investigation being performed aboard the International Space Station this week. EarthKAM is a NASA education program that enables thousands of students to photograph and examine Earth from a space crew #39;s perspective. Using the Internet, the students control a special digital camera mounted aboard the station. This enables them to photograph the Earth #39;s coastlines, mountain ranges and other geographic items of interest from the unique vantage point of space. The team at EarthKAM then posts these photographs on the Internet for the public and participating classrooms around the world to view. Au says that one of the things that makes EarthKAM so unique is that it is a science payload for students, controlled by students. He says that the students have direct control of the camera aboard the station. The images are not a result of someone else #39;s research; these are images that the students have actually targeted via web page tools provided to them. The images are then sent to the students on the ground for study. For more info on EarthKAM: http://www.nasa.gov http://www.earthkam.ucsd.eduFrom:ReelNASAViews:249 8ratingsTime:11:14More inScience Technology

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