The High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) experiment mounted on the ISS External Payload Facility of the European Space Agency’s Columbus module was activated Apand after 5 years and 79 days was viewed by more than 318 million viewers across the globe on USTREAM alone. Thank You to all who shared in experiencing and using the HDEV views of Earth from the ISS to make HDEV so much more than a Technology Demonstration Payload! Node 2 is located on the forward part of. After HDEV stopped sending any data on July 18, 2019, it was declared, on August 22, 2019, to have reached its end of life. Currently, live views from the ISS are streaming from an external camera mounted on the ISS module called Node 2. The loop will have “Previously Recorded” on the image to distinguish it from the live stream from the Node 2 camera. If the Node 2 camera is not available due to operational considerations for a longer period of time, a continuous loop of recorded HDEV imagery will be displayed.

The camera is looking forward at an angle so that the International Docking Adapter 2 (IDA2) is visible. Node 2 is located on the forward part of the ISS. Currently, live views from the ISS are streaming from an external camera mounted on the ISS module called Node 2.

Earth view from space station