Dec. 22, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@xxxxxxxx Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@xxxxxxxx MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-255 SPACE STATION COMMANDER CAPTURES UNPRECEDENTED VIEW OF COMET HOUSTON -- International Space Station Commander Dan Burbank captured spectacular imagery of Comet Lovejoy, viewed from about 240 miles above the Earth's horizon on Wednesday, Dec. 21. Today Burbank described seeing the comet as "the most amazing thing I have ever seen in space," in an interview with WDIV-TV in Detroit. Burbank took hundreds of still images of the comet. The images also were processed into a time-lapse video that will air on NASA TV at 4 p.m. CST. The video, including Burbanks' comments, and a selection of the individual images are available online at: http://www.nasa.gov/station For additional images and information on Comet Lovejoy, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/sunearth For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: hqnews-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To remove your address from the list, send a message to: hqnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
