Update 15th Apr: Added new 1 Video.

Update 2nd Mar: Added new 2 photos.

Update 27th Nov: Added new 4 photos and 2videos.

KOUNOTORI8 (also known as HTV8), a spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station, carried RICOH THETA and launched from Tanegashima Space Center on September 25, 2019 using the H-IIB F8 Rocket (H-IIB F8). KOUNOTORI8 safely arrived at the International Space Station on September 28.

JAXA Press Release

Launch Results of the H-II Transfer Vehicle KOUNOTORI8 aboard H-IIB Vehicle No. 8

We have received 360-degree images from space captured by RICOH THETA so here they are for you all to see.

360-degree photos captured at the International Space Station (ISS)

Update 2nd Mar: Added new 2 photos.
Update 27th Nov: Added new 4 photos.

Powered By THETA360.biz

360°Photo 1: Earth in the daytime when viewed from the ISS

360°Photo 2: Earth with the horizon appearing like a ring with rays of sunlight

360°Photo 3: Philippines viewed from the ISS

360°Photo 4: Mexico viewed from the ISS

360°Photo 5: Florida USA viewed from the ISS

360°Photo 6: Saudi Arabia viewed from the ISS

360°Photo 7: Eastern Sea of The Bahamas viewed from the ISS

360°Photo 8: Chile viewed from the ISS

Photo: Atmospheric layers viewed from the ISS

360-degree video captured at the International Space Station (ISS)

Update 15th Apr: Added new Video3.

Update 27th Nov Added video2-1,2-2.

Video1

Video2-1

Video2-2

Video3

The images and video 1,2-1,2-2 were corrected using Ricoh-original image enhancement technology. This image enhancement technology performs a combination of spherical camera image resolution enhancement, noise reduction and aberration correction using deep learning technology.

We plan to update this web page with more images from space in the near future.

Please see below for photos from the presentation.

>> [Report] Presentation on the first THETA S for use in space, jointly developed by RICOH and JAXA, was mounted on the outer hull of the ISS (International Space Station)

Presentation opening video

The International Space Station (ISS) is a manned spacecraft with experimental facilities used to observe and measure such things as celestial bodies and conduct experimental research. The station circles around the Earth at a speed of roughly 90 minutes per cycle to maintain an orbital speed of 27,600 km/h at an altitude of around 400 km above ground.

Video of the ISS captured by THETA S in 2015

Photo by Yamamoto Katsuya

・ December 5, 2015 The ISS visible in the evening soon after THETA S was released. Taken in Yokohama City.

・ 2 cameras captured images simultaneously as part of the test so you can see the other camera in the THETA video.