The ISS orbits Earth at a height of around 250 miles, meaning the space station makes around 16 trips around Earth every single day. Now, one NASA astronaut on board the ISS has snapped a stunning photo of a mysterious ‘swirl’ over Earth. He wrote: “This light blue ocean swirl caught my eye as we flew over the South Pacific.”The ocean swirl appears to be an eddy - a swirl in the water cause nutrients that are normally found in colder, deeper waters to come to the surface. This marks the first time NASA astronauts have been launched into space from the US in nine years. NASA said: “The Demo-2 mission will be the final major step before NASA’s Commercial Crew Program certifies Crew Dragon for operational, long-duration missions to the space station.

Source: Daily Mirror June 16, 2020 10:40 UTC