High Definition Earth Viewing cameras

High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) cameras were a payload package delivered to the International Space Station on the SpaceX CRS-3 Mission, launched on April 18, 2014.

[1][2] The High-Definition Earth Viewing camera suite was carried aboard the Dragon spacecraft and is configured on a platform on the exterior of the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory module.

It primarily acts as a learning portal for pupils, but also serves as a free access archive for the footage of the ISS HDEV cameras.

Columbus Eye accompanied the ISS mission of the German ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst (May to November 2014).

[4] The HDEV system was removed from the Columbus module on May 7, 2020, and transferred into the Cygnus NG-13 resupply spacecraft for disposal via destructive re-entry at the end of its mission.

HDEV Completed Flight Assembly
Screenshot from HDEV videostream.
Sunrise in Québec as seen by HDEV camera.