Week in Geek – Eyes in the sky
A view from the International Space Station of Earth taken by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst during his six-month Blue Dot mission. Credit: ESA/NASA
My weekly post for The Rachel Maddow Show.
Week in Geek: Eyes in the sky edition
The International Space Station will soon have a new function: animal tracker. Next summer, an experiment called ICARUS (International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space) will be installed on the ISS to track the migration of a range of species on Earth.
Also features: bearcams, cephalopods, medieval knights, and Google.
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