NASA has recently started an experiment via its International Space Station which streams live video of Earth in 720p.
The National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) has started an experiment called High Definition
Earth Viewing (HDEV) which shows the station's view of our planet via an
internet stream. The project has been developed and run by NASA
together with some high school students. The students have helped with
the design of some of the HDEV components through the High School United
with NASA to Create Hardware (HUNCH) program. The experiment includes
both multiple 720p camera feeds and the ISS crew's radio chatter.
The stream from HDEV is not stable and occasionally loses contact.
The project includes testing the quality of Earth-facing cameras as well
as their ability to survive high doses of radiation while in orbit. The
project is supposed to run till October 2015 and NASA will use the
results from the experiment to decide what cameras to use on future
missions.
The HDEV experiment was aboard the ISS and was activated on April 30,
2014. It is mounted on the External Payload Facility of the European
Space Agency's Columbus module. It includes several commercial HD video
cameras aimed at Earth which are enclosed in a pressurized and
temperature controlled housing. Video from these cameras is transmitted
back to Earth streamed live on the channel below. If you don't see
anything, it is most likely that space station is hovering over the dark
side of the planet Earth.
To watch the live stream of Earth , click here
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