iss041e047260 (9/29/2014) --- A view of the removal of the RapidScat Nadir Adapter from the SpaceX-4 Dragon trunk and installation of the adapter onto the Columbus Exposed Facility Unit (EFU). ISS-RapidScat is a space-based scatterometer that replaces the inoperable SeaWinds payload aboard the QuickSCAT satellite. Scatterometers are radar instruments that measure wind speed and direction over the ocean, and are useful for weather forecasting, hurricane monitoring, and observations of large-scale climate phenomena such as El Niño. The ISS RapidScat instrument enhances measurements from other international scatterometers by cross-checking their data, and demonstrates a unique way to replace an instrument aboard an aging satellite. External Caption

iss056e097055 (July 15, 2018) --- The mountainous and glacial Torres del Paine National Park in the southern-most part of Chile is pictured as the International Space Station began a quick orbital pass over the South American nation from the Pacific Ocean back out over the Atlantic Ocean.

ISS041-E-047455 (29 Sept. 2014) --- An Expedition 41 crew member aboard the International Space Station photographed this view of the SpaceX Dragon cargo ship docked to the nadir port of the Harmony node as the station's Canadarm2 and the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator move external cargo from Dragon. A blue and white part of Earth and the blackness of space provide the backdrop for the scene.

iss056e055758 (June 29, 2018) --- The Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft is pictured docked to the Rassvet module of the International Space Station's Russian segment. The Soyuz MS-09 launched Expedition 56-57 crew members Serena Auñón-Chancellor, Alexander Gerst and Sergey Prokopyev to the station on June 6, 2018 and docked on June 8.

iss056e098062 (July 22, 2018) --- Mount Kilimanjaro is pictured in the northeastern region of Tanzania near the border of Kenya as the International Space Station orbited nearly 251 miles above the African continent.

ISS041-E-046700 (29 Sept. 2014) --- An Expedition 41 crew member aboard the International Space Station photographed this view of the SpaceX Dragon cargo ship docked to the nadir port of the Harmony node as the station's Canadarm2 and the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator prepare to remove external cargo from Dragon. Earth?s horizon and the blackness of space provide the backdrop for the scene.

ISS041-E-046450 (29 Sept. 2014) --- An Expedition 41 crew member aboard the International Space Station photographed this view of the SpaceX Dragon cargo ship docked to the nadir port of the Harmony node as the station's Canadarm2 and the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator prepare to remove external cargo from Dragon.