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iss070e080294 (Jan. 23, 2024) --- Clouds stop on the peaks of the snow-capped Alps that separate Italy's Po Valley from...

Clouds stop on the peaks of the snow-capped Alps that separate Italy's Po Valley from Austria in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above.

iss070e076757 (Jan. 22, 2024) --- The Earth's horizon is barely visible as the International Space Station soars into an orbital...

The Earth's horizon is barely visible as the International Space Station soars into an orbital sunset 261 miles above northeastern China. In the foreground, are the Canadarm2 robotic arm (left) with the Dextre fine-tuned robotic hand attached and the orbital outpost's main solar arrays (right) and shorter roll-out solar arrays.

iss070e076676 (Jan. 21, 2024) --- This high exposure photograph from the International Space Station shows Earth's atmospheric glow and a...

This high exposure photograph from the International Space Station shows Earth's atmospheric glow and a starry sky as the orbital complex soared 258 miles above the Pacific Ocean northeast of Papua New Guinea. At left, are the station's Nauka science module and the Prichal docking module, both from Roscosmos.

iss070e074692 (Jan. 18, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O'Hara poses in front of the Kibo...

NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O'Hara poses in front of the Kibo laboratory module's Advanced Plant Habitat housing tomato plants for an experiment investigating how the plant immune system adapts to spaceflight and how spaceflight affects plant production.

iss070e073612 (Jan. 18, 2024) NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli smiles next to the Advanced Plant Habitat, where multiple tomato plants grow...

Moghbeli, wearing a dark blue hooded sweatshirt, smiles at the camera. Next to her is an open, cube-shaped plant growth facility, with small tomato seedlings growing in multiple rows on the bottom. Multiple hoses and cords are visible on the back and sides of the facility, which is brightly lit.

iss070e073610 (Jan. 18, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O'Hara poses in front of the Kibo...

NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O'Hara poses in front of the Kibo laboratory module's Advanced Plant Habitat housing tomato plants for an experiment investigating how the plant immune system adapts to spaceflight and how spaceflight affects plant production.

iss070e068950 (Jan. 18, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli poses in front of the Kibo...

NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli poses in front of the Kibo laboratory module's Advanced Plant Habitat housing tomato plants for an experiment investigating how the plant immune system adapts to spaceflight and how spaceflight affects plant production.

iss070e064628 (Jan. 12, 2024) --- Expedition 70 Flight Engineers (from left) Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara, both NASA astronauts, are...

Expedition 70 Flight Engineers (from left) Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara, both NASA astronauts, are pictured inside the International Space Station's cupola holding NASA's first graphic novel, "First Woman."

iss070e064082 (Jan. 11, 2024) --- The southern coast of Peru on the Pacific Ocean is pctured from the International Space...

The southern coast of Peru on the Pacific Ocean is pctured from the International Space Station as it orbited 260 miles above.

The surgical robot during testing on the ground before launch.

The surgical robot during testing on the ground before launch.

The gas supply modules and production module for Redwire's MSTIC investigation.

The gas supply modules and production module for Redwire's MSTIC investigation.

The Janus Base Nano-matrix anchor cartilage cells (red) and facilitates the formation of the cartilage tissue matrix (green).

The Janus Base Nano-matrix anchor cartilage cells (red) and facilitates the formation of the cartilage tissue matrix (green).

Samples produced by the Metal 3D Printer prior to launch to the space station.

Samples produced by the Metal 3D Printer prior to launch to the space station.

An artist’s rendering of one of the Kentucky Re-entry Probe Experiment-2 (KREPE-2) capsules during re-entry.

An artist’s rendering of one of the Kentucky Re-entry Probe Experiment-2 (KREPE-2) capsules during re-entry.

NASA's Northrop Grumman 20th commercial resupply mission will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station...

NASA's Northrop Grumman 20th commercial resupply mission will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

NASA's Northrop Grumman 20th commercial resupply mission will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to deliver science and supplies...

NASA's Northrop Grumman 20th commercial resupply mission will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to deliver science and supplies to the International Space Station.

NASA's Northrop Grumman 20th commercial resupply mission will carry 7,805 pounds (3,540 kilograms) of cargo to the International Space Station.

NASA's Northrop Grumman 20th commercial resupply mission will carry 7,805 pounds (3,540 kilograms) of cargo to the International Space Station.

Patricia Robertson was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1998 and scheduled to fly to the International Space Station in...

Patricia Robertson was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1998 and scheduled to fly to the International Space Station in 2002, before her untimely death in 2001 from injuries sustained in a private plane crash.

NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara will be on duty during the Cygnus cargo craft's aproach and rendezvous. Moghbeli...

NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara will be on duty during the Cygnus cargo craft's aproach and rendezvous. Moghbeli will be at the controls of the Canadarm2 ready to capture Cygnus as O’Hara monitors the vehicle’s arrival.

Feb. 1, 2024: International Space Station Configuration. Six spaceships are parked at the space station including the SpaceX Dragon crew...

Feb. 1, 2024: International Space Station Configuration. Six spaceships are parked at the space station including the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft Endurance and Freedom, Northrop Grumman's Cygnus space freighter, the Soyuz MS-24 crew ship, and the Progress 85 and 86 resupply ships.

iss059e000502 (March 16, 2019) --- Tropical Cyclone Idai is pictured from the International Space Station as the orbital complex flew...

Tropical Cyclone Idai is pictured from the International Space Station as the orbital complex flew 261 miles above the southeast coast of Africa. Idai's track took it over the Mozambique Channel and portions of the nations of Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe creating devastation and casualties in the southeast portion of the African continent.

iss059e104766 (June 17, 2019) --- A set of three CubeSats are pictured shortly after being ejected from the Japanese Small...

A set of three CubeSats are pictured shortly after being ejected from the Japanese Small Satellite Orbital Deployer attached to a robotic arm outside of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory module. The tiny satellites from Nepal, Sri Lanka and Japan were released into Earth orbit for technology demonstrations.

iss059e104296 (June 17, 2019) --- A set of three CubeSats are ejected from the Japanese Small Satellite Orbital Deployer attached...

A set of three CubeSats are ejected from the Japanese Small Satellite Orbital Deployer attached to a robotic arm outside of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory module. The tiny satellites from Nepal, Sri Lanka and Japan were released into Earth orbit for technology demonstrations. The International Space Station was orbiting 256 miles above the Amazon River in Brazil when an Expedition 59 crewmember took this photograph.

iss059e038134 (April 30, 2019) --- Looking from northwest to southeast (bottom to top), this oblique view shows portions of Western...

Looking from northwest to southeast (bottom to top), this oblique view shows portions of Western Europe, the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and North Africa. More specific regions such as Portugal, Spain, the Strait of Gibraltar, Morocco and Algeria are seen as the International Space Station orbited 257 miles above the Atlantic.

iss059e000040 (March 15, 2019) --- Waiting inside the Rassvet module to greet their new Expedition 59 crewmates are (foreground to...

Waiting inside the Rassvet module to greet their new Expedition 59 crewmates are (foreground to back) Flight Engineers David Saint-Jacques and Anne McClain and Commander Oleg Kononenko. New Expedition 59 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin peers into the International Space Station moments after opening the hatch to the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft. NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch (out of frame) would soon fly into the orbital lab for the first time.

iss059e099093 (June 10, 2019) --- Utah's Great Salt Lake is pictured as the International Space Station orbited 255 miles above...

Utah's Great Salt Lake is pictured as the International Space Station orbited 255 miles above the southwestern United States. The distinct color differences in the lake is caused by a railroad causeway. The northern part of the lake (pointing right in this frame) has a much higher salinity than the southern freshwater portion of the lake.

iss059e019071 (April 11, 2019) --- Two Russian spaceships, the Soyuz MS-12 crew ship (left) and the Progress 72 cargo craft,...

Two Russian spaceships, the Soyuz MS-12 crew ship (left) and the Progress 72 cargo craft, highlight the foreground with the east coasts of the United States and Canada in the background. An Expedition 59 crew member took this photograph as the International Space Station orbited 257 miles above the sun glint-lit North Atlantic Ocean.

iss059e102792 (June 12, 2019) --- Two docked Russian spaceships, the Soyuz MS-12 crew ship (foreground) and the Progress 72 resupply...

Two docked Russian spaceships, the Soyuz MS-12 crew ship (foreground) and the Progress 72 resupply ship, are pictured as the International Space Station orbited 258 miles above the Atlantic Ocean northeast of Puerto Rico.

iss059e121391 (June 22, 2019) --- Two docked Russian spaceships, including the Soyuz MS-12 crew craft and the Progress 72 space...

Two docked Russian spaceships, including the Soyuz MS-12 crew craft and the Progress 72 space freighter, are highlighted in this image as the International Space Station was about to cross South America 263 miles above the Atlantic Ocean.

iss059e000515 (March 16, 2019) --- Tropical Cyclone Idai is pictured from the International Space Station as the orbital complex flew...

Tropical Cyclone Idai is pictured from the International Space Station as the orbital complex flew 261 miles above the southeast coast of Africa. Idai's track took it over the Mozambique Channel and portions of the nations of Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe creating devastation and casualties in the southeast portion of the African continent.

iss059e035831 (April 26, 2019) --- The three crewmates who rode the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft to the International Space Station gather...

The three crewmates who rode the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft to the International Space Station gather inside the Rassvet module after conducting a periodic routine emergency drill. From left are, Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and NASA Flight Engineers Nick Hague and Christina Koch.

iss059e067877 (May 19, 2019) --- The International Space Station flies 255 miles above Indonesia as the sun's glint beams off...

The International Space Station flies 255 miles above Indonesia as the sun's glint beams off the Celebes Sea in southeast Asia.

iss059e019940 (April 11, 2019) --- 256 miles above Earth an Expedition 59 crew member photographed a variety of cloud formations...

256 miles above Earth an Expedition 59 crew member photographed a variety of cloud formations surrounding the sun's glint beaming off the South Pacific Ocean.

iss059e078929 (May 29, 2019) --- The artificial islands off the coast of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates are known...

The artificial islands off the coast of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates are known as (from left) The World Islands, Palm Jumeirah and Palm Jebel Ali. The International Space Station was orbiting 255 miles above Saudi Arabia about to cross the Persian Gulf when this photograph was taken by an Expedition 59 crew member.

iss059e061476 (May 13, 2019) --- This oblique nighttime view of Western Europe and the well-lit coasts (from left) of Spain,...

This oblique nighttime view of Western Europe and the well-lit coasts (from left) of Spain, France, and Italy was taken from the International Space Station as it orbited 256 miles above the Mediterranean Sea.

iss059e000462 (March 16, 2019) --- The waxing gibbous moon is pictured above Earth's limb as the International Space Station was...

The waxing gibbous moon is pictured above Earth's limb as the International Space Station was orbiting 266 miles above the South Atlantic Ocean.

iss059e000461 (March 16, 2019) --- The waxing gibbous moon is pictured above Earth's limb as the International Space Station was...

The waxing gibbous moon is pictured above Earth's limb as the International Space Station was orbiting 266 miles above the South Atlantic Ocean.

iss059e059211 (May 8, 2019) --- The waxing crescent moon is photographed just above Earth's limb and the bluish hue of...

The waxing crescent moon is photographed just above Earth's limb and the bluish hue of the atmosphere at the beginning of an orbital sunrise. A portion of one of the International Space Station's solar arrays is seen in the left foreground as the orbital complex flew 258 miles above the Sea of Japan.

iss059e059210 (May 8, 2019) --- The waxing crescent moon is photographed just above Earth's limb and the bluish hue of...

The waxing crescent moon is photographed just above Earth's limb and the bluish hue of the atmosphere at the beginning of an orbital sunrise. A portion of one of the International Space Station's solar arrays is seen in the left foreground as the orbital complex flew 258 miles above the Sea of Japan.

jsc2019e012772 (March 6, 2019) --- In the Integration Building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the upper stage of the...

In the Integration Building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the upper stage of the Soyuz booster rocket is rotated back to a vertical position March 6 after the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft was encapsulated into the booster’s nose fairing. Expedition 59 crew members Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch on March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station.