When NASA’s Orion spacecraft launches around the Moon later this year, a suited manikin will be its passenger.
Istanbul, Turkey, connects Europe and Asia and is split by the Golden Horn and the Bosphorus Strait.
The island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean Sea is pictured from the International Space Station.
The Euphrates River flows through Lake Assad in Syria in this photograph from the International Space Station.
The southern end of San Francisco Bay hosts Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
Englewood County, Florida, is on the Sunshine State's southern coast on the Gulf of Mexico.
The Florida Keys and the Everglades National Park are pictured from the International Space Station.
The Bazaruto Archipelago off the coast of Mozambique is pictured from the International Space Station.
The unincorporated community of Marina Del Rey west of Los Angeles is pictured from the International Space Station.
A cloud-covered Terminal Island and Long Beach south of Los Angeles, California, is pictured from the International Space Station.
