This 360 panorama allows you to explore the International Space Stations third module, Zvezda. Launched on 12 July 2000, the Russian module supplies life support for the Station and crewquarters. All five of Europes Automated Transfer Vehicles docked with the module. The images to create this view were taken by ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti during her Futura mission in 2015; the cosmonaut in the picture is Gennady Padalka. <\/p>\n
Explore Zvezda in Flickr, Facebook or Youtubeformatwith your mobile phone and virtual-reality headset, or take the full tour including all Space Station modules with videos and extra information below. We will release a new Space Station module in 360 every week on Thursday. <\/p>\n
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Click here to explore in full screen <\/p>\n
Just before ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti left the International Space Station after 199 days, she took up to 15 pictures inside each module. Now, the images have been stitched together to create this interactive panorama. <\/p>\n
These panoramas offer a snapshot of the International Space Station as it was in June 2015, after moving the Leonardo storage module to a new location <\/p>\n
Explore the modules and zoom in to see more detail. Use the map or the arrow icons by the module hatches to go to another section. <\/p>\n
You can explore every part of the Space Station and click on the play icons to watch an astronaut explain or demonstrate an item, and click on the text icons for web articles. <\/p>\n
We recommend exploring in a full screen to do justice to this immersive interactive panorama. <\/p>\n
The tour was improved with the assistance of Thomas Rauscher in Vienna, Austria, who helped to stitch the images together for some modules. <\/p>\n
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