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The International Space Station serves as a unique platform for observing Earth with both hands-on and automated equipment. 

View of Earth from the ISS with the suns glow in distance

Earth Observation From Station

The International Space Station serves as a unique platform for observing Earth. Over the years, station crew members have produced hundreds of thousands of images, including recording natural phenomena such as storms in real time. Several exterior instruments collect data about the global climate, environmental change, and natural hazards. These data are shared through existing international partnerships to benefit people worldwide and promote international collaboration on other Earth-observation activities.

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male astronaut holding a camera and pointing it out a window in the cupola of the space station while taking pictures of Earth
NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock, Expedition 25 commander, uses a still camera to photograph the topography of a point on Earth from a window in the Cupola of the International Space Station.
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Astrophysics on the Space Station

The outside of the International Space Station provides a perch for experiments that reach far into and beyond the galaxy,…

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