This image from NASA Kidsat electronic still camera was requested by Buist Academy for the purpose of studying the coast of Israel and the Mediterranean Sea.

This image from NASA KidSat spans the region of Venetia from the city of Venice, Italy, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea north to the snow-capped Alps. Venice appears in the lower left part of the image, and the Alps appear in the lower right.

This map corresponds to NASA KidSat image MET 00215424 of the northern regions of Sumatra that was captured on Sept., 1997 during the Shuttle flight STS-86.

As the Space Shuttle Atlantis flew over the Indonesian archipelago on Saturday, Sept. 27, 1997, middle school students across the country used NASA Kidsat camera to photograph the fires and smoke that blanket the island of Sumatra.

Middle school students across the country photographed the fires and smoke over southern Sumatra from a camera aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis September 27, 1997.

STS081-378-012 (12-22 January 1997) --- Astronaut Marsha S. Ivins, mission specialist, looks at digital still photo imagery on a lap top computer on the Space Shuttle Atlantis' aft flight deck while communicating with students on Earth. Her activity is all part of the once-a-year shuttle participation in an educational endeavor called KidSat. The KidSat project allows students the opportunity to interact with the astronauts' real-time observations and photography of geographic points of interest. The Electronic Still Camera (ESC), which was handled largely by Ivins, can be seen near the computer.

STS076-E-05264 (22-31 March 1996) --- STS-76 KidSat Earth View (Morocco)

STS076-E-05275 (22-31 March 1996) --- STS-76 KidSat Earth View (Canada)

STS076-315-003 (22-31 March 1996) --- Onboard the aft flight deck of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Atlantis, astronaut Richard A. Searfoss, pilot, signals approval of progress with the KidSat Project - a three year pilot program making its first flight in space. KidSat is to fly on the Space Shuttle once a year. An Electronic Still Camera (ESC) (upper right), aimed at Earth below, was controlled by students on the ground during the flight. A video camera (out of frame) was also utilized. The downlinked images are to be used as a basis for a broad scope of curriculum disciplines.

S81E5015 (13 January 1997) --- An Electronic Still Camera (ESC), mounted in the Space Shuttle Atlantis' aft flight deck overhead window, recorded this view of China, featuring two large lakes, Mapam Yumco and Langa Co. Once a year, NASA flies aboard its Shuttle fleet a student project called Kidsat, which enables students on Earth to have hands-on interface with Earth observations from a space perspective.

Middle school students across the country photographed the fires and smoke over southern Sumatra from a camera aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis September 27, 1997.

Middle school students across the country photographed the fires and smoke over southern Sumatra from a camera aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis September 27, 1997.

Middle school students across the country photographed the fires and smoke over southern Sumatra from a camera aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis September 27, 1997.

STS081-E-05126 (13 Jan. 1997) --- Astronaut Michael A. Baker, mission commander, uses a 35mm camera to photograph a target of opportunity on Earth from the Space Shuttle Atlantis' aft flight deck. Baker and five crew mates will dock with Russia's Mir Space Station around the middle of the week. This image was recorded with an Electronic Still Camera (ESC) and was later downlinked to flight controllers in Houston, Texas. A second ESC, devoted to an educational, geographic project called Kidsat, is mounted in the viewing port above Baker's head.

STS-81 Mission Specialist Marsha S. Ivins gets a helping hand from a suit technician as she prepares to don the helmet of her launch/entry suit in the suitup room of the Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building. She is the veteran of three Shuttle flights and became an astronaut in 1984. Among other responsibilities, Ivins will perform photo and video surveys of the Russian Mir space station and operate the Kidsat experiment camera on the orbiter’s aft flight deck. She and five crew members will shortly depart the O&C and head for Launch Pad 39B, where the Space Shuttle Atlantis will lift off during a 7-minute window that opens at 4:27 a.m. EST, January 12