S115E06158 - STS-115 - Earth Observations of Houston taken by STS-115 crewmember

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Description: Earth Observations taken by STS-115 crewmember aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis. View of Houstons downtown and uptown districts and most of the area inside the I-610 Loop. Harris County Domed Stadium and the nearby facility for the National Football Leagues American Conference Houston representatives are just below the scattered cloud patch at frame center. What has become known as uptown Houston is in the lower left corner. The central business district or downtown is in the upper left quadrant, easily identified by the skyscrapers and the facilities for Houston's Major League Baseball and National Basketball Association affiliates. The Medical Center district is near the cloud patch just north of the older domed stadium. NASA is too far south to appear in the picture, though the southern leg of Beltway 8, about six miles north of the Johnson Space Center, appears at right edge; and Bush Intercontinental Airport is too far north.

Subject Terms: STS-115, Earth Observations (From Space), Houston

Date Taken: 9/15/2006

Categories: Earth Observations

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Original: Digital Still

Preservation File Format: TIFF

STS-115

earth observations houston crewmember nasa sts 115 atlantis view of earth from space sports baseball basketball stadium space shuttle atlantis high resolution sts 115 crewmember sts 115 national football leagues american conference houston representatives cloud patch houstons downtown uptown houston johnson space center medical center district tiff sts 115 uptown districts harris county domed stadium facility national basketball association affiliates business district frame center bush intercontinental airport satellite image

2006

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