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One Astronaut’s Kids Get a Valentine’s Day View of Dad’s Office in Orbit
View of Rhode Island from the ISS, captured by Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford during the day on Feb. 14, 2013. The capital city of Providence is just past the top center edge. (NASA)
It’s a wonderful thing for children to look up to their fathers, but some kids have to look a little further than others — especially when dad is in command of the International Space Station!
Around 6 p.m. EST on February 14, the ISS passed over southern New England, and for a few brief moments the Station was directly above Rhode Island, at 37 miles wide the smallest state in the US. 240 miles up and heading northeast at 17,500 mph, the ISS quickly passed out of sight for anyone watching from the ground, but it was enough time for Heidi and Anthony Ford to get a view of the place where their father Kevin Ford has been living and working since the end of October… and thanks to Brown University’s historic Ladd Observatory and astronomer Robert Horton they got to see the Station up close while talking to their dad on the phone.
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Post tags: Brown University, flyover, ISS, Kevin Ford, Ladd Observatory, Rhode Island, Space Station, telescope, Valentine’s Day
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