Great Wall visible in space photo By Francis Markus BBC News, Shanghai ... Now, an official newspaper has run a picture taken by a Chinese-American astronaut showing the wall. Leroy Chiao took what ...

This shot of the Badaling section of the Great Wall was taken by space station astronaut Leroy Chiao on the morning of February 20 when he flew over Beijing at an altitude of 360 kilometres.

Former NASA astronaut Dr. Leroy Chiao has been to space ... “The ones I saw were smooth and shiny,” Chiao said. The great American made this “smooth ... Photo Courtesy of Dr. Leroy Chiao.

Leroy Chiao News from United Press International. Top News . ... A photo taken by a Chinese-American astronaut appears to confirm China's Great Wall can be seen from space by the unaided human eye.

Chiao picked his top 10 favorite photographs, and the images are available on the Web, along with several more of his photos from space. His top photographs include images of the Great Wall of ...

Former astronaut Leroy Chiao's astronaut class took a photo in front of a T-38 jet after their selection in 1990. (Image credit: NASA) ... It will be a great day for them.

In 2004 American astronaut Leroy Chiao snapped a photo from the International Space Station of a swath of Inner Mongolia, around 200 miles (320 kilometers) north of Beijing, while the sun's angle ...