This website features the most complete set of astronaut photography of Earth from the beginning of human spaceflight in the 1960s to the digital photographs being downlinked daily from the International Space Station. The underlying database includes over 430,000 records in 2002, with new data added daily. The pages are maintained by the data source at NASA's Johnson Space Center and include search tools and digital images for viewing on the Web. Search tools include a clickable map, searches by image number, and complete techncial searches of all database fields. Special collections include cities, best photographs from each mission, and captioned sets aimed at students and teachers. Metadata describes the location, date, time and other informaton about each photograph. Articles and other features explain astronaut photography of Earth and its use in a variety of applications.
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