25 years ago, a NASA astronaut witnessed the tragic 9/11 attacks from space. Here's what he saw.
The only American in space documented the attacks as smoke rose from the World Trade Center and U.S. air traffic stopped, NASA said.
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'Tears don’t flow the same in space': SC native spent 9/11 as only American not on Earth
Frank Culbertson Jr., a former Navy pilot and astronaut from South Carolina, spent Sept. 11, 2001, as commander of the International Space Station. He was the only American not on the planet during the terrorist attacks.
25 years ago, a NASA astronaut witnessed the tragic 9/11 attacks from space. Here's what he saw.
NASA astronaut Frank Culbertson saw the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks from the International Space Station in 2001. His view and his reaction were captured on video.
Astronaut who saw 9/11 from space recounts attack in moving video
Amazing footage has re-emerged of an astronaut sharing his experience of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in outer space.TikTok users have been sharing the video, originally posted by @footage_of_the_wtc. It is an excerpt from the 2014 documentary Astronauts: Houston We Have a Problem. At the time, Frank ...
On board the International Space Station, Frank Culbertson was the only American outside the Earth during the 2001 bombings. 25 years after the attack on the World Trade Center, NASA re-distributed the testimony and images recorded by the commander, who described the density of the ashes rising in the Manhattan sky.
September 11, 2001 — Frank Culbertson was aboard the International Space Station when the United States was attacked by the September 11 terrorist attacks. The American astronaut was commander of Expedition 3. He was joined by Russian cosmonauts Vladimir Dezhurov and Mikhail Tyurin. The day had started normally for the crew. Culbertson was performing scheduled tasks […] The article The September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks from Space was original…
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