--- title: Space Vine from ISS by NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman description: Timelapse video on Vine of the moment when the ISS released the Cygnus cargo carrier spacecraft via robotic arm. canonical: https://time.com/3221942/this-is-the-coolest-vine-from-space-weve-seen-yet/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-29T14:59:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:52.727Z og:title: Space Vine from ISS by NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman og:description: Timelapse of the moment when the ISS released the Cygnus cargo carrier spacecraft via robotic arm. og:url: https://time.com/3221942/this-is-the-coolest-vine-from-space-weve-seen-yet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Space Vine from ISS by NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman twitter:description: Timelapse of the moment when the ISS released the Cygnus cargo carrier spacecraft via robotic arm. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Is the Coolest Vine From Space We've Seen Yet  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 29, 2014 2:59 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 29, 2014 2:59 PM UTC Reid Wiseman, a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS), shared a [timelapse video](https://twitter.com/astro%5Freid/status/505294821045846016) on Vine of the moment when the [Cygnus](http://www.nasa.gov/content/us-commercial-cargo-ship-delivery-mission-ends-as-canadarm2-releases-cygnus/#.VACPj0sdU1c) cargo carrier spacecraft, which carried supplies to the ISS, was released via robotic arm. Wiseman sent the [first Vine from space](http://jscfeatures.jsc.nasa.gov/pages.ashx/121/Reid%20Wiseman%20sends%20the%20first%20Vine%20video%20from%20spacea) in June, a glimpse of the [terminator line](http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/LivingEarth/) “separating the sunlit side of the Earth from the nighttime areas,” according to NASA. “We’re just lucky to live in this day where, when I take a photograph with a camera… we can email it straight into our Twitter feeds, and it just makes it so much easier to share this experience,” he [told TIME](http://lightbox.time.com/2014/07/14/astronaut-reid-wiseman-twitter-space-photography/) last month. “It’s almost just become a little collateral duty of ours, so you don’t even think about it through the day, it’s so easy.” **WATCH:** [Around The World in 90 Minutes with Reid Wiseman](http://lightbox.time.com/2014/07/14/astronaut-reid-wiseman-twitter-space-photography/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3221942/this-is-the-coolest-vine-from-space-weve-seen-yet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3221942/this-is-the-coolest-vine-from-space-weve-seen-yet/"},"headline":"This Is the Coolest Vine From Space We've Seen Yet","datePublished":"2014-08-29T14:59:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:52.727Z","description":"Timelapse video on Vine of the moment when the ISS released the Cygnus cargo carrier spacecraft via robotic arm.","url":"https://time.com/3221942/this-is-the-coolest-vine-from-space-weve-seen-yet/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Science topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3221942/this-is-the-coolest-vine-from-space-weve-seen-yet/","name":"This Is the Coolest Vine From Space We've Seen Yet"}}]}] ```