On 17th December, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright became the first humans to achieve powered flight. Orville's first 40-metre hop attained an altitude of no more than two metres. Today, the highest humans are those in the International Space Station, orbiting the Earth at an altitude of 354km.

To celebrate a century of powered flight, Planetary Visions is releasing a collection of computer-generated images simulating the view from the International Space Station as it passes over key sites in the history of aviation.

These simulated views from orbit were generated using Planetary Visions' cloud-free Satellite Imagemap. Global coverage is at a pixel size of 1km, and regional coverage is available at 250 metres. More 3D-rendered images are available from our Image Library.