Views from space at record high altitude: the illuminated Earth; majestic India; the spectacular curvature of the Earth, September 12-15, 1966, 1966 Subscribe now to view details for this work, and ...

The International Space Station (ISS) orbits high above our ... gravity would match the curvature of Earth. It would keep falling, following this curve, without losing altitude because the planet ...

While the device is deceptively simple, it is possible to get a balloon to very high altitudes without ... were the first humans to see the curvature of the Earth and the dark sky above.