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During each mission on the International Space Station, crew members take photographs of experiments, their daily lives, and the Earth images of the Earth views, the orbiting station, their daily lives, plus so much more.

iss073e0071009 (May 11, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Jonny Kim photographs genetically modified, extemely dwarf tomato...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Jonny Kim photographs genetically modified, extemely dwarf tomato plants growing inside specialized research hardware, called Rhodium BioCuvettes, aboard the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module. The space botany experiment tests the plants ability to grow without photosynthesis and survive in confined environments in weightlessness potentially supporting crop production on spacecraft.
iss073e0078896 (May 27, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers replaces components on an experimental carbon...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers replaces components on an experimental carbon dioxide removal device. Also called the Thermal Amine Scrubber, the advanced life support mechanism is testing a new method that removes carbon dioxide from the station’s atmosphere and recovers water for oxygen generation.
iss073e0000415 (April 21, 2025) --- NASA astronauts Anne McClain (bottom) and Nichole Ayers (top), both Expedition 73 Flight Engineers, checkout...
NASA astronauts Anne McClain (bottom) and Nichole Ayers (top), both Expedition 73 Flight Engineers, checkout spacesuit hardware in the Quest airlock and review procedures for a May 1 spacewalk. The spacewalkers will install a modification kit on the International Space Station’s port side truss structure preparing it for a new rollout solar array and relocate an antenna that communicates with commercial spacecraft.
iss073e0071487 (May 15, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers swaps sample cartridges inside the Material...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers swaps sample cartridges inside the Material Science Laboratory (MSL) that supports high temperature space physics research using furnaces aboard the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module. The properties of many types of materials such as metals, alloys, polymers, semiconductors, ceramics, crystals, and glasses, can be studied in the MSL to discover new applications for existing materials and new or improved materials.
iss073e0030870 (May 14, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi monitors the Japanese...
JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi monitors the Japanese Experiment Module Internal Ball Camera 2 aboard the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module. The spherical, free-flying robotic camera tests the automation of capturing video and imagery enabling more crew time for important duties such as microgravity research.
iss073e0071328 (May 14, 2025) --- Astronauts Jonny Kim of NASA and Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Expedition...
Astronauts Jonny Kim of NASA and Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Expedition 73 flight engineer and commander respectively, work inside the International Space Station's Harmony module gathering and organizing cargo to be packed inside the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft before its departure.
iss073e0002614 (April 28, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers shows off research hardware inside the...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers shows off research hardware inside the International Space Station's Columbus laboratory module. The Space Automated Bioproduct Laboratory is a research incubator that enables biology investigations into the effects of microgravity on cells, microbes, plants, and more.
iss073e0002477_alt (April 28, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi processes cassettes containing...
JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi processes cassettes containing biological fluid samples for installation inside the Advanced Space Experiment Processor-4, a research facility that can be shipped back and forth from Earth to space, for a biotechnology study.
iss073e0071535 (May 16, 2025) --- (From top) Expedition 73 Flight Engineers Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain, both NASA astronauts, pose...
(From top) Expedition 73 Flight Engineers Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain, both NASA astronauts, pose for a portrait while verifying the functionality and replacing hardware on the Exploration Potable Water Dispenser (xPWD). The xPWD is located in the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module and is demonstrating advanced water sanitization methods, microbial growth reduction, and a heater to dispense hot water for use aboard the orbital outpost and future spacecraft.
iss073e0071480 (May 15, 2025) --- (From left) Expedition 73 Flight Engineers Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, both NASA astronauts, take...
(From left) Expedition 73 Flight Engineers Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, both NASA astronauts, take a break and pose for a portrait aboard the International Space Station Destiny laboratory module.
iss073e0077576 (May 20, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Jonny Kim repairs ethernet cables aboard the International...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Jonny Kim repairs ethernet cables aboard the International Space Station's Harmony module.
iss072e861721 (March 28, 2025) --- NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Don Pettit, both Expedition 72 Flight Engineers, extract the NanoRacks...
NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Don Pettit, both Expedition 72 Flight Engineers, extract the NanoRacks External Platform from the Kibo laboratory module's airlock aboard the International Space Station. The commercial research platform housed three different electrical and optical experiments that tested operations while exposed to the vacuum of space.
iss072e808737 (March 21, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Anne McClain works on hardware maintenance tasks inside...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Anne McClain works on hardware maintenance tasks inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module. Behind McClain is Kibo's airlock where experiment hardware such as external exposure investigations and CubeSats are staged before being placed outside the orbiting lab into the vacuum of space.
iss072e941773 (April 9, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Jonny Kim installs experimental hydrogen sensors to test...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Jonny Kim installs experimental hydrogen sensors to test the advanced life support gear for longer calibration life and improved reliability aboard the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module.
iss072e808609 (March 20, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers inserts a cryogenic storage unit, called...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers inserts a cryogenic storage unit, called a dewar, containing blood samples collected from a crew member into a science freezer for preservation and later analysis. The Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory Freezer for International Space Station, or MELFI, is a research freezer that maintains experiment samples at ultra-cold temperatures in microgravity.
iss072e882080 (March 31, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers talks on a ham radio with...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers talks on a ham radio with students from Lakeside Junior High School in Springdale, Arkansas. Ayers answered questions from the students about her experience living and working aboard the International Space Station.
iss072e882087 (April 1, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Anne McClain is pictured in the Destiny laboratory...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Anne McClain is pictured in the Destiny laboratory module wearing an experimental wearable dosimeter that measures radiation dosages crews are exposed to in real time aboard the International Space Station.
iss072e861697 (March 28, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers opens the hatch to the Kibo...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers opens the hatch to the Kibo laboratory module's airlock aboard the International Space Station.
iss072e403381 (Dec. 24, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit removes the small satellite orbital deployer...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit removes the small satellite orbital deployer from the Kibo laboratory module's airlock after several CubeSats were deployed outside the International Space Station into Earth orbit for educational research.
iss072e394546 (Dec. 18, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague processes samples inside the Destiny laboratory...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague processes samples inside the Destiny laboratory module's Combustion Integrated Rack. Those samples are being observed for how they burn in weightlessness to learn how to prevent fires on spacecraft.
iss072e397047 (Dec. 19, 2024) --- NASA astronauts (from left) Butch Wilmore and Don Pettit, both Expedition 72 flight engineers, install...
NASA astronauts (from left) Butch Wilmore and Don Pettit, both Expedition 72 flight engineers, install the European Enhanced Exploration Exercise Device inside the International Space Station's Columbus laboratory module. The futuristic exercise gear will be tested by the station crew using its advanced bicycling, rowing, and resistive capabilities. The small and compact workout gear will be evaluated in the orbital outpost’s microgravity environment before being used on longer term missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
iss072e363105 (Dec. 13, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams photographs the European Materials Ageing (EMA) experiment...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams photographs the European Materials Ageing (EMA) experiment hardware beng set up inside the International Space Station's Harmony module. EMA contains a variety of samples that will be exposed to the space environment to learn how to improve the development of space hardware and applications for missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. The external investigation will operate outside the Columbus laboratory module for about a year.
iss072e451296 (Jan. 8, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit works in the Destiny laboratory module's...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit works in the Destiny laboratory module's Combustion Integrated Rack swapping samples of materials to observe how they burn in weightlessness. The investigation taking place inside the International Space Station's CIR enables the safe observation of flames and how they spread in microgravity potentially improving fire safety on crew missions.
iss072e363182 (Dec. 13, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams assembles the European Materials Ageing experiment hardware...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams assembles the European Materials Ageing experiment hardware for installation inside the Nanoracks Bishop airlock. The external investigation will be robotically removed from Bishop, installed on the Bartolomeo research platform attached to the outside of the Columbus laboratory module, and expose a variety of materials to the vacuum of space for about a year.
iss072e403385 (Dec. 24, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams checks research components inside the Kibo laboratory...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams checks research components inside the Kibo laboratory module's Advanced Plant Habitat aboard the International Space Station.
iss072e391353 (Dec. 17, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague demonstrates the range of motion and...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague demonstrates the range of motion and stability of student-designed space hardware aboard the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module. Hague was testing the HUNCH (High school students United with NASA to Create Hardware) Utility Bracket for its ability to hold and position cameras, computer tablets, and other tools astronauts use daily.
iss072e308299 (Dec. 2, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Butch Wilmore shows off research hardware supporting a...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Butch Wilmore shows off research hardware supporting a study that explores 3D printing on-demand medical devices on the International Space Station to treat Earthbound and space-caused health conditions.
iss072e280746 (Nov. 26, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague processes radiation-resistant samples of Arthrospira C...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague processes radiation-resistant samples of Arthrospira C micro-algae and stows them in an incubator for analysis inside the International Space Station's Columbus laboratory module. The samples will be exposed to different light intensities to observe how they affect the micro-algae’s cell growth and oxygen production. Results may advance the development of spacecraft life support systems and fresh food production in space.
iss072e472714 (Jan. 14, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Butch Wilmore configures spacewalking hardware aboard the International...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Butch Wilmore configures spacewalking hardware aboard the International Space Station's Unity module.
iss072e488718 (Jan. 16, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague is pictured during a six-hour spacewalk...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague is pictured during a six-hour spacewalk for science and maintenance on the International Space Station.
iss071e000901 (April 6, 2024) --- Expedition 71 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps works in the BioFabrication Facility portable...
Expedition 71 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps works in the BioFabrication Facility portable glovebag located in the International Space Station's Columbus laboratory module. She was working on the Redwire Cardiac Bioprinting Investigation that may offer the ability to print food and medicines for future space crews. Results may also enable the bioprinting of replacement organs and tissues potentially alleviating the shortage of donor organs on Earth.
iss071e037626 (April 23, 2024) --- Expedition 71 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson services components and cleans hardware...
Expedition 71 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson services components and cleans hardware inside the Advanced Space Experiment Processor, a research device that can host a variety of space biology experiments, located in the International Space Station's Columbus laboratory.
iss071e040122 (April 23, 2024) --- Expedition 71 Flight Engineers Tracy C. Dyson and Matthew Dominick, both NASA astronauts, collect research...
iss071e040122 (April 23, 2024) --- Expedition 71 Flight Engineers Tracy C. Dyson and Matthew Dominick, both NASA astronauts, collect research samples preserved inside science freezers aboard the International Space Station. The duo then transferred the samples and packed them inside the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft for return to Earth and analysis in laboratories.
iss070e123850 (March 20, 2024) --- Expedition 70 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Mike Barratt shows off an Astrobee robotic free-flyer...
Expedition 70 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Mike Barratt shows off an Astrobee robotic free-flyer that will be controlled by student-written code in a competition to inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers, and explorers.
iss071e041625 (April 24, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Jeanette Epps extracts DNA samples from bacteria colonies...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Jeanette Epps extracts DNA samples from bacteria colonies for genomic analysis aboard the International Space Station's Harmony module. The research work may help researchers understand how bacteria adapts to weightlessness and develop ways to protect space crews and humans on Earth.
iss071e019819 (April 22, 2024) NASA astronaut Mike Barratt processes brain organoid samples made from the neural cells of patients with...
Barratt is wearing blue latex gloves, a navy shirt, glasses, and a headset and has his arms inside the white sleeves of a large glovebox. He is holding sample syringes in each hand. The back side and work surface of the box are shiny silver and the top of it is a slanted piece of clear plastic.
iss070e132878 (March 31, 2024) Expedition 70 NASA Astronauts (from left) Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Loral O'Hara take photos of...
Expedition 70 Flight Engineers (from left) Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Loral O'Hara take photos of the Earth from inside the cupola. Barratt and O’Hara hold large lens cameras, pointing towards the cupola window facing the Earth. Dominick floats behind them also looking up at cupola window. The photo is taken with a fisheye lense causing the photo a circular appearance.
iss070e024027 (Nov. 13, 2023) --- The space station’s cupola windows provide the crew a unique view of the planet. For...
The western coast of Chile is visible through the middle window of the cupola. A solar array can be seen through a window on the left and in the center, a portion of Northrop Grumman's cymbal-shaped solar array. The Roscosmos segment of the station is visible in the bottom right.
iss070e000392 (Sept. 28, 2023) -- NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O'Hara is pictured working with the Microgravity...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O'Hara is pictured working with the Microgravity Science Glovebox, a contained environment crew members use to handle hazardous materials for various research investigations in space.
iss070e000500 (Sept. 29, 2023) --- ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 70 Commander Andreas Mogensen works on a spacesuit...
ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 70 Commander Andreas Mogensen works on a spacesuit with his nation's flag patch (Mogensen is from Denmark) inside the Quest airlock aboard the International Space Station.