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iss071e621477 (Aug. 20, 2024) --- The city lights of Shanghai, China, on the coast of the East China Sea, are...

The city lights of Shanghai, China, on the coast of the East China Sea, are pictured from the International Space Station as it soared 262 miles above into an orbital sunrise.

iss071e620932 (Aug. 20, 2024) --- Lightning (at center) illuminates the storm clouds above China near the coast of the Taiwan...

Lightning (at center) illuminates the storm clouds above China near the coast of the Taiwan Strait in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above the Asian nation.

iss071e619284 (Aug. 20, 2024) --- Clouds stream above the southern Indian Ocean in between Madagascar and the French and Southern...

iss071e619284 (Aug. 20, 2024) --- Clouds stream above the southern Indian Ocean in between Madagascar and the French and Southern Antarctic Lands in this nighttime photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 265 miles above.

iss071e615337 (Sept. 9, 2024) --- This portion of the Victoria River, located near the Tanami Desert in Australia's Northern Territory,...

This portion of the Victoria River, located near the Tanami Desert in Australia's Northern Territory, is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above the island continent.

iss071e606709 (Aug. 17, 2024) --- Lightning (at right) illuminates the clouds in this photograph from the International Space Station as...

Lightning (at right) illuminates the clouds in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above the South China Sea with the city lights of Southeast Asia shining through.

iss071e604388 (Aug. 15, 2024) --- The city lights of southern Thailand and Malaysia sit in between the Malacca Strait (top)...

The city lights of southern Thailand and Malaysia sit in between the Malacca Strait (top) and the Gulf of Thailand with the southern coast of Vietnam, at bottom right, revealed by Ho Chi Minh City's night lights. Fishing boats, lit by LED green lights that attract plankton luring squid for catching, are pictured in both bodies of water in this orbital nighttime photograph from the International Space Station as it soared 261 miles above into a sunrise.

iss071e522575 (Aug. 20, 2024) --- A portion of the Kalahari Desert, a semi-arid and sandy savanna, in South Africa's Northern...

A portion of the Kalahari Desert, a semi-arid and sandy savanna, in South Africa's Northern Cape province is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above.

iss020e046427 (Oct. 4, 2009) --- The sun sets below Earth's horizon illuminating the atmosphere with its last rays in this...

The sun sets below Earth's horizon illuminating the atmosphere with its last rays in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 216 miles near the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa.

iss020e041309 (Sept. 17, 2009) --- The Canadarm2 robotic arm grapples the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) before installing the HTV...

The Canadarm2 robotic arm grapples the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) before installing the HTV to the Harmony module's Earth-facing port on the International Space Station. This was the Canadarm2's first free-flying capture of a spacecraft and the first flight of the HTV cargo craft from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency).

ISS020-E-041307 (17 Sept. 2009) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space, the International Space Station's Canadarm2 grapples the unpiloted Japanese...

Backdropped by the blackness of space, the International Space Station's Canadarm2 grapples the unpiloted Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) as it approaches the station. NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk and European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, all Expedition 20 flight engineers, used the station's robotic arm to grab the cargo craft and attach it to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony node. The attachment was completed at 5:26 (CDT) on Sept. 17, 2009.

ISS020-E-041306 (17 Sept. 2009) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space, the International Space Station's Canadarm2 grapples the unpiloted Japanese...

Backdropped by the blackness of space, the International Space Station's Canadarm2 grapples the unpiloted Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) as it approaches the station. NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk and European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, all Expedition 20 flight engineers, used the station's robotic arm to grab the cargo craft and attach it to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony node. The attachment was completed at 5:26 (CDT) on Sept. 17, 2009.

ISS020-E-041304 (17 Sept. 2009) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space, the International Space Station's Canadarm2 prepares to grapple the...

Backdropped by the blackness of space, the International Space Station's Canadarm2 prepares to grapple the unpiloted Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) as it approaches the station. NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk and European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, all Expedition 20 flight engineers, used the station's robotic arm to grab the cargo craft and attach it to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony node. The attachment was completed at 5:26 (CDT) on Sept. 17, 2009.

iss020e041303 (Sept. 17, 2009) --- The Canadarm2 robotic arm reaches out to grapple the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) before...

The Canadarm2 robotic arm reaches out to grapple the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) before installing the HTV to the Harmony module's Earth-facing port on the International Space Station. This was the Canadarm2's first free-flying capture of a spacecraft and the first flight of the HTV cargo craft from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency).

iss071e629833 (Sept. 11, 2024) --- The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and...

The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station

iss071e629831 (Sept. 11, 2024) --- The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and...

The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner approaches the International Space Station 258 miles above a cloudy Atlantic Ocean.

iss071e629830 (Sept. 11, 2024) --- The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and...

The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner approaches the International Space Station.

iss071e629763 (Sept. 11, 2024) --- Expedition 71 crew members (from left) Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, both Roscosmos cosmonauts, and...

Expedition 71 crew members (from left) Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, both Roscosmos cosmonauts, and NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson pose for a portrait inside the International Space Station's Rassvet module.

iss071e629760 (Sept. 11, 2024) --- Expedition 71 crew members (clockwise from bottom left) Alexander Grebenkin, from Roscosmos, and NASA astronauts...

Expedition 71 crew members (clockwise from bottom left) Alexander Grebenkin, from Roscosmos, and NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Jeanette Epps, Matthew Dominick, Mike Barratt, and Butch Wilmore, pose for a portrait inside the International Space Station's Rassvet module.

iss071e580719 (Aug. 30, 2024) -- The coastline of South Africa, with Cape Town and the False Bay situated at the...

iss071e580719 (Aug. 30, 2024) -- The coastline of South Africa, with Cape Town and the False Bay situated at the top right of the image, is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 265 miles above.

iss071e609208 (Sept. 4, 2024) -- The Moon rises through a sunset in Earth's horizon casting blue and orange hues as...

iss071e609208 (Sept. 4, 2024) -- The Moon rises through a sunset in Earth's horizon casting blue and orange hues as the International Space Station orbited 257 miles above India.

iss071e615395 (Sept. 9, 2024) -- As the International Space Station orbited 260 miles above the Northern Territory of Australia, NASA...

iss071e615395 (Sept. 9, 2024) -- As the International Space Station orbited 260 miles above the Northern Territory of Australia, NASA astronaut Mike Barratt captured this photograph of Blue Mud Bay.

iss071e615200 (Sept. 9, 2024) -- The ephemeral Lake Carnegie, one of Western Australia's largest lakes, displays its mixture of water...

iss071e615200 (Sept. 9, 2024) -- The ephemeral Lake Carnegie, one of Western Australia's largest lakes, displays its mixture of water and mud as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles above. The lake fills with water only during periods of heavy rainfall, while in dry years, the lake is mostly a muddy marsh.

jsc2024e061425 (Oct. 27, 2023) --- SpaceX Crew-9 members (from left) Mission Specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov from Roscosmos and Commander Nick Hague...

SpaceX Crew-9 members (from left) Mission Specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov from Roscosmos and Commander Nick Hague from NASA pose for an official crew portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarel

iss071e614117 (Sept. 6, 2024) --- Boeing's uncrewed Starliner spacecraft is pictured from a window aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft...

Boeing's uncrewed Starliner spacecraft is pictured from a window aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft shortly after undocking from the International Space Station's forward port on the Harmony module.

iss071e613042 (Sept. 6, 2024) --- Boeing's uncrewed Starliner spacecraft is pictured from the International Space Station reentering Earth's atmosphere and...

Boeing's uncrewed Starliner spacecraft is pictured from the International Space Station reentering Earth's atmosphere and creating a plasma trail with its heat shield 259 miles above the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Starliner would parachute to a landing at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico several minutes later.

iss071e613016 (Sept. 6, 2024) --- Boeing's uncrewed Starliner spacecraft is pictured from the International Space Station reentering Earth's atmosphere and...

Boeing's uncrewed Starliner spacecraft is pictured from the International Space Station reentering Earth's atmosphere and creating a plasma trail with its heat shield 259 miles above the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Starliner would parachute to a landing at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico several minutes later.

iss071e611938 (Sept. 2, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Matthew Dominick programmed a camera for high sensitivity...

NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Matthew Dominick programmed a camera for high sensitivity and pointed it out an International Space Station window as it orbited 266 miles above Kazakhstan. At lower right, a wispy Milky Way is pictured amongst a starry night sky.

iss071e611752 (Sept. 2, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Matthew Dominick programmed a camera for high sensitivity...

NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Matthew Dominick programmed a camera for high sensitivity and pointed it out an International Space Station window as it orbited 266 miles above Kazakhstan near the Caspian Sea's north coast. At lower right, a wispy Milky Way is pictured amongst a starry night sky.

iss071e612604 (Sept. 6, 2024) --- Boeing's uncrewed Starliner spaceraft backs away from the International Space Station moments after undocking from...

Boeing's uncrewed Starliner spaceraft backs away from the International Space Station moments after undocking from the Harmony module's forward port. Starliner would safely parachute to a landing at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico less then six hours later.

iss071e612592 (Sept. 6, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Tracy C. Dyson conducts research maintenance on the...

NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Tracy C. Dyson conducts research maintenance on the Fluids Science Laboratory including removing samples from the Soft Matter Dynamics experiment. The space physics investigation is exploring how microgravity affects foams and emulsions potentially benefitting a variety of Earth and space industries such as fire safety, pharmaceuticals, food, and more.

iss071e608493 (Sept. 4, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Suni Williams configures portable electronics gear aboard the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory...

NASA astronaut Suni Williams configures portable electronics gear aboard the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module.

iss071e608479 (Aug. 17, 2024) --- Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub (foreground) and Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 71 Flight Engineer and Commander respectively,...

Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub (foreground) and Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 71 Flight Engineer and Commander respectively, are at the controls of the telerobotically operated rendezvous unit, or TORU, monitoring the automated rendezvous and docking of the Progress 89 cargo craft. Located inside the International Space Station's Zvezda service module, the TORU can be used to remotely control the Roscosmos spaceship in the unlikely event it would be unable to complete its automated docking.

iss071e608454 (Aug. 17, 2024) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 71 Commander Oleg Kononenko is at the controls of the telerobotically...

Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 71 Commander Oleg Kononenko is at the controls of the telerobotically operated rendezvous unit, or TORU, monitoring the automated rendezvous and docking of the Progress 89 cargo craft. Located inside the International Space Station's Zvezda service module, the TORU can be used to remotely control the Roscosmos spaceship in the unlikely event it would be unable to complete its automated docking.

iss071e608355 (Sept. 3, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Mike Barratt services the small satellite orbital deployer...

NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Mike Barratt services the small satellite orbital deployer after removing it from the Kibo laboratory module's airlock aboard the International Space Station. Earlier, the deployer released a series of CubeSats into Earth orbit for a variety of educational and research activities.

iss071e587371 (Aug. 13, 2024) --- The Earth's airglow blankets the atmosphere with a wispy Milky Way in the background above...

The Earth's airglow blankets the atmosphere with a wispy Milky Way in the background above the horizon in this long-duration photograph taken with a camera programmed for high sensitivity aboard the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru.

iss071e587011 (Aug. 13, 2024) --- The Moon sets behind Earth's horizon illuminating the atmosphere in this long-duration photograph taken with...

The Moon sets behind Earth's horizon illuminating the atmosphere in this long-duration photograph taken with a camera programmed for high sensitivity aboard the International Space Station as it orbited 265 miles above the Pacific Ocean.

iss071e586401 (Aug. 13, 2024) --- A wispy aurora australis rises above Earth's airglow blanketing the horizon in this long-duration photograph...

A wispy aurora australis rises above Earth's airglow blanketing the horizon in this long-duration photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 270 miles above the Pacific Ocean southeast of New Zealand.

iss071e553274 (Aug. 11, 2024) --- The last rays of an orbital sunset illuminate Earth's atmosphere in this photograph from the...

The last rays of an orbital sunset illuminate Earth's atmosphere in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 267 miles above the Tasman Sea off the coast of southeastern Australia.

iss071e608978 (Sept. 4, 2024) --- The New Moon begins setting above Earth's bright, colorful atmosphere in this long-duration photograph taken...

The New Moon begins setting above Earth's bright, colorful atmosphere in this long-duration photograph taken by NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick with a camera programmed for high sensitivity aboard the International Space Station.

iss071e578476 (Aug. 14, 2024) --- The Nile River runs alongside the Red Sea in this photograph from the International Space...

The Nile River runs alongside the Red Sea in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 258 miles above the Middle East. At lower left, is one of the two cymbal-shaped UltraFlex solar arrays that power the Northrop Grumman space freighter.