396K views · 6.2K shares | Time-Lapse View of Earth's Limb from the Space Station Bright swaths of red in the upper atmosphere, known as airglow, can be seen in this time-lapse from the space station 250 miles above. NASA's ICON mission, with a planned launch for the summer of 2017, will observe how interactions between terrestrial weather and a layer of charged particles called the ionosphere create the colorful glow. | International Space Station | Facebook

The ultimate view of a spacecraft docking to the ISS in this time-lapse video. Watch this incredible event unfold 254 miles above Earth—a distance you could drive in just 4 hours! #Space #ISS #SpacecraftDocking #TimeLapse #BirdsEyeView #OuterSpace #SpaceExploration #Astronauts #SpaceStation #OrbitalView | Spaceagency.blog