iss068e006657 (Oct. 1, 2022) --- Giza, Egypt, the home of the Great Pyramids (center), and a portion of the Nile River (lower left) are pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 259 miles above the Mediterranean Sea.

iss068e012594 (Oct. 6, 2022) --- NASA astronaut Frank Rubio peers out of a window aboard the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. Rubio was observing the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft, carrying four SpaceX Crew-5 crew members, approach the orbital lab for a docking to the Harmony module's forward port.

iss068e009287 (Oct. 5, 2022) --- The British Overseas Territory of Turks and Caicos Islands is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 260 miles above. Credit: NASA/Bob Hines

View of the eXposed Root On-Orbit Test System (XROOTS). The plant being grown is presumably a tomato plant.

iss068e006715 (Oct. 1, 2022) --- This portion of the Euphrates River, containing the Keban Dam Reservoir created by the Keban Dam, is pictured in eastern Turkey from the International Space Station as it orbited 260 miles above.

iss068e011272 (Oct. 1, 2022) --- The Canadian Rockies in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta are pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above North America. Credit: NASA/Bob Hines

iss068e004048 (Sept. 29, 2022) --- Edwards Air Force Base in California is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 260 miles above the Golden State.

iss068e004110 (Sept. 29, 2022) --- Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano in Hawaii, is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 258 miles above the Pacific Ocean.

iss068e012558 (10/7/2022) --- A view of the Rhodium Space Microbiome Isolates sample aboard the International space Station (ISS). Characterization of Targeted Space Gut Microbiome Isolates to Advance Astronaut Gut-On-A-Chip Platform Development (Rhodium Space Microbiome Isolates) characterizes individual bacterial species from the human gut microbiome that change during spaceflight. Research shows a connection between alterations in the gut microbiome and multiple chronic and acute diseases.

iss068e006622 (Sept. 30, 2022) --- The Ohio River splits the U.S. cities of Cincinnati, Ohio (right), and Covington, Kentucky (left), in this photograph of the International Space Station as it orbited 260 miles above the Buckeye State.

iss068e011266 (Oct. 1, 2022) --- Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada (at top), and Seattle, Washington (lower right) are pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above North America. Credit: NASA/Bob Hines