Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Southwest Egypt.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Aydar Lake, Uzbekistan.
Earth observation taken during a night pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Orion.
Earth observation taken during a night pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Day turns to night at the terminator.
ISS036-E-011520 (24 June 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, enters data on a computer during an acoustic survey, using a U.S. Sound Level Meter (SLM), in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS037-E-006562 (3 Oct. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 37 flight engineer, performs routine in-flight maintenance on the advanced Resistive Exercise Device (aRED) in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station.
ISS036-E-030910 (10 Aug. 2013) --- One of the Expedition 36 crew members aboard the International Space Station photographed this nocturnal image of Florida and parts of the southeast United States on Aug. 10. Almost totally filled-in light strings along both Atlantic (right) and Gulf of Mexico coasts highlight the major populated areas, with the Miami metropolitan area at bottom right being the most conspicuous. The Keys are just out of frame in lower right. The Tampa Bay/St. Petersburg area is easily recognizable near frame center, and the jutting Cape Canaveral, which is home to NASA's Kennedy Space Center, is just below right center.
Earth observation taken during night pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).
View of NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy (left) and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano (right), Expedition 36 flight engineers, preparing for a dry run in the International Space Stations Quest airlock in preparation for the first of two sessions of extravehicular (EVA) scheduled for July 9 and July 16. Both have donned their EMUs. Astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expetition 36 flight engineer, is visible in the center.
ISS036-E-015510 (5 July 2013) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 flight engineer, uses a computer in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS037-E-026913 (4 Nov. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 37 flight engineer, enjoys the view of Earth from the windows in the Cupola of the International Space Station. A blue and white part of Earth is visible through the windows.
ISS036-E-035632 (24 Aug. 2013) --- One of the Expedition 36 crew members aboard the International Space Station recorded this vertical image of Lake Ontario on Aug. 24, 2013. Lake Simcoe in Southern Ontario, Canada, is easily recognizable by its odd shape in upper right, just below the southeastern tip of Georgian Bay.
Earth Observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 37 crew. Identified via Twitter message as Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Philidelphia.
ISS036-E-012573 (27 June 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, works with Robonaut 2, the first humanoid robot in space, during a round of ground-commanded tests in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. R2 was assembled earlier this week for several days of data takes by the payload controllers at the Marshall Space Flight Center.
ISS036-E-028026 (1 Aug. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer, works with the InSPACE-3 experiment in the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. InSPACE-3 applies different magnetic fields to vials of colloids, or liquids with microscopic particles, and observes how fluids can behave like a solid. Results may improve the strength and design of materials for stronger buildings and bridges.
ISS037-E-024834 (28 Oct. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 37 flight engineer, works behind a rack in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS036-E-017925 (11 July 2013) --- One of the Expedition 36 crew members aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station on July 11 captured this high oblique view of Lake Michigan (left) and Lake Huron and much of the state of Michigan in between.
ISS036-E-012130 (25 June 2013) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy (left) and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, both Expedition 36 flight engineers, perform a Portable Onboard Computers (POC) Dynamic Onboard Ubiquitous Graphics (DOUG) software review in preparation for spacewalks scheduled for July 9 and July 16.
ISS037-E-026918 (4 Nov. 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 37 flight engineer, works with the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) Multi-user Drop Combustion Apparatus (MDCA) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 37 crew. Per Twitter message these are storms over Ghana.
ISS036-E-017441 (8 July 2013) --- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer, uses a computer in the International Space Station’s Quest airlock while the crew prepares for a July 9 session of extravehicular activity (EVA) with NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, both flight engineers. Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov, commander, is visible in the background.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).
ISS036-E-035780 (18 Aug. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer, works with new test samples for the Advanced Colloids Experiment, or ACE, housed in the Light Microscopy Module (LMM) inside the Fluids Integrated Rack of the International Space Station?s Destiny laboratory. Results from ACE will help researchers understand how to optimize stabilizers to extend the shelf life of products like laundry detergent, paint, ketchup and even salad dressing.
Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Perhaps a dandelion losing its seeds in the wind? Love clouds!
ISS036-E-039435 (3 Sept. 2013) --- NASA astronauts Karen Nyberg and Chris Cassidy (right) along with European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, all Expedition 36 flight engineers, pose for a photo in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS037-E-025866 (4 Nov. 2013) --- In the International Space Station?s Kibo laboratory, NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 37 flight engineer, conducts a session with a pair of bowling-ball-sized free-flying satellites known as Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites, or SPHERES. Surrounding the two SPHERES mini-satellites is ring-shaped hardware known as the Resonant Inductive Near-field Generation System, or RINGS. SPHERES-RINGS seeks to demonstrate wireless power transfer between satellites at a distance for enhanced operations.
ISS036-E-011512 (24 June 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, works in the transfer compartment between the Zarya Functional Cargo Block (FGB) and the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
Nine crew members gather for a group portrait in the International Space Stations Kibo laboratory following a joint crew news conference. This is the first time since October 2009 that nine people have resided on the station without the presence of a space shuttle. Pictured on the front row are Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin (center),Expedition 37 commander; NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano,both Expedition 37 flight engineers. Pictured on the center row are Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (center),Expedition 38 commander; Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy (left) and NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins,both Expedition 38 flight engineers. Pictured from the left (back row) are NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio,Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata,all Expedition 38 flight engineers. The Expedition 37 crew members will undock from the station in their Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft on Nov. 10,ending a five-and-a-half month stay.
Astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 37 flight engineer, is photographed in front of the windows in the Cupola module .
ISS036-E-014659 (3 July 2013) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 flight engineer, attired in his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, participates in a ?dry run? in the International Space Station?s Quest airlock in preparation for the first of two sessions of extravehicular (EVA) scheduled for July 9 and July 16.
Earth Observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 37 crew. Identified via Twitter message as storms over the Mediterranean and a nadir docking port left empty after movement of the Soyuz.
Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Russian Progress vehicle- packed full of trash, closed up & ready to undock from #ISS in just over an hr at GMT 20:44.
View of a cracker with food topping floating in an ISS modules as documented by the Expedition 36 crew.
ISS037-E-013951 (14 Oct. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 37 flight engineer, works at the Light Microscopy Module (LMM) in the Fluids Integrated Rack / Fluids Combustion Facility (FIR/FCF) located in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS036-E-025481 (24 July 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, works on the Multi-User Droplet Combustion Apparatus (MDCA) Chamber Insert Assembly (CIA) at a maintenance work station in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.
ISS037-E-002792 (23 Sept. 2013) --- Positioned in the Cupola of the International Space Station with a still camera in hand, Expedition 37 Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg eyeballs a potential photo target on Sept. 23, 2013. Nyberg, along with European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin (both out of frame), will be welcoming three more crewmates in a couple of days following a scheduled Soyuz launch from Kazakhstan on Sept. 26, Kazakh time.
View of the solar array over an Earth limb taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Our Space Station casting shadows on itself.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 37 crew. Per Twitter message: Ruvuma River, Tanzania and Mozambique.
ISS036-E-005522 (31 May 2013) --- It's recess time for a floating Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer representing the European Space Agency, in the Unity node aboard the International Space Station.
ISS037-E-013962 (15 Oct. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 37 flight engineer, enters data in a computer in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.
Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Amazing rivers in Brazil.
"Earth observation taken during a night pass by the Expedition 37 crew. Folder lists this as Cairo, Tel-Aviv, at night. " Per Twitter message this is Cairo and the Nile Delta.
ISS036-E-008182 (15 June 2013) --- Expedition 36 Flight Engineer Fyodor Yurchikhin with Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) takes pictures of a highly anticipated event from a window in the Pirs module on the International Space Station. The European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 (ATV-4) “Albert Einstein” was about to dock to the orbital outpost at 2:07 GMT, June 15, 2013, following a ten-day period of free-flight.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).
ISS037-E-024833 (28 Oct. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 37 flight engineer, works behind a rack in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
One of the Expedition 36 crew members aboard the International Space Station took this picture of the Japanese HTV-4 unmanned cargo spacecraft,backdropped against a land mass on Earth,following its unberthing but just prior to its release from the orbital outpost's Canadarm2. HTV-4,after backing away from the flying complex,headed for re-entry into Earth's atmosphere,burning upon re-entry. Per Twitter message: Flying over southwestern US, not long before release of #HTV4 by #Canadarm2.
ISS037-E-021308 (26 Oct. 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 37 flight engineer, plays a guitar during some of his off-duty time in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 37 crew. Possibly identified as Dzungarian Gate, mountain pass between China and Kazakhstan.
Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Cloud gazing over the Pacific Ocean. Hearts?
ISS036-E-006520 (5 June 2013) --- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer, conducts an ocular health exam on herself in the Destiny laboratory of the Earth-orbiting International Space Station. NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, flight engineer, nearby but out of frame, assisted in the testing, part of a suite of eye exams carried out over a two-day period on various crew members to gather information on intraocular pressure and eye anatomy.
ISS036-E-039541 (04 Sept. 2013) --- One of the Expedition 36 crew members aboard the International Space Station took this picture of the Japanese HTV-4 unmanned cargo spacecraft, backdropped against clouds, following its unberthing and release from the orbital outpost. HTV-4, after backing away from the flying complex, headed for re-entry into Earth's atmosphere, burning upon re-entry. HTV-4 was launched by Japan?s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Aug. 4 of this year in order to bring up supplies for the astronauts and cosmonauts onboard the station.
ISS036-E-015511 (5 July 2013) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 flight engineer, uses a computer in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).
ISS037-E-005745 (2 Oct. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 37 flight engineer, prepares to eat a snack in the Unity node of the International Space Station.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).
ISS037-E-001084 (15 Sept. 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 37 flight engineer, installs the Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) Centerline Berthing Camera System (CBCS) inside the International Space Station’s Harmony node.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 37 crew. Per Twitter messsage: Northeast coast of Brazil.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 36 crew.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).
Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).
ISS036-E-013172 (28 June 2013) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 flight engineer, works with Robonaut 2, the first humanoid robot in space, during a round of ground-commanded tests in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. R2 was assembled earlier this week for several days of data takes by the payload controllers at the Marshall Space Flight Center.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).
ISS036-E-006586 (6 June 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, gets a workout on the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED) in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station.
ISS037-E-017169 (19 Oct. 2013) --- The European Space Agency's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-4), also known as the Albert Einstein, is seen in the foreground of an image featuring the home planet and its moon as photographed by one of Expedition 37 crew members aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station.
Earth observation taken during a night pass by the Expedition 36 crew. Per Twitter message: Seven Sisters overlooking Reunion & Mauritius Islands in a moonlit Indian Ocean.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).
ISS036-E-039423 (3 Sept. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 flight engineer, works near a hatch in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.
ISS037-E-020101 (24 Oct. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 37 flight engineer, works with an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station.
Earth observation taken during a night pass by the Expedition 37 crew. Per Twitter message: The Korea Strait.
ISS037-E-001901 (18 Sept. 2013) --- In the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin (right), Expedition 37 commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, flight engineer, watch the launch of the Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard, from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. Cygnus is on its way to rendezvous with the space station and will deliver about 1,300 pounds (589 kilograms) of cargo, including food and clothing, to the Expedition 37 crew.
ISS037-E-026900 (4 Nov. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 37 flight engineer, enjoys the view of Earth from the windows in the Cupola of the International Space Station. A blue and white part of Earth is visible through the windows.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Tashk and Bakhtegan Lakes, Iran.
"Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).
Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).
ISS036-E-012131 (25 June 2013) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy (left) and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, both Expedition 36 flight engineers, perform a Portable Onboard Computers (POC) Dynamic Onboard Ubiquitous Graphics (DOUG) software review in preparation for spacewalks scheduled for July 9 and July 16.
ISS036-E-039458 (3 Sept. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer, is pictured in the International Space Station?s Cupola during preparations to release the Japanese "Kounotori" H2 Transfer Vehicle-4 (HTV-4) ending its one-month stay at the space station. The automated resupply craft will be grappled by the Canadarm2, removed from the Harmony node and released for a destructive reentry into Earth?s atmosphere.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).
Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Coast of Somalia on the Indian Ocean.
Earth observation taken during night pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message this is labeled as : Tehran, Iran. Lights along the coast of the Caspian Sea visible through clouds. July 21.
ISS036-E-025489 (24 July 2013) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 flight engineer, performs in-flight maintenance on the Marangoni Inside experiment in the Fluid Physics Experiment Facility (FPEF) which is part of a Japanese science rack in the International Space Station?s Kibo laboratory.
Earth observation taken during a night pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message this is labeled as: Detroit, Cleveland, Toronto and a blue hint of sunrise.
Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Looking southwest over northern Africa. Libya, Algeria, Niger.
ISS036-E-037231 (27 Aug. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 flight engineer, works with an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station. Cassidy is performing a checkout of the spacesuit worn by European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano during a July 16 spacewalk that was cut short when its helmet began to fill with water. After assembling and powering up the empty suit as if it were about to go out on another spacewalk, Cassidy and Parmitano (out of frame) observed water once again leaking into the helmet. With the issue reproduced, NASA now has a baseline configuration for the crew to begin swapping out parts for additional tests to pinpoint the problem. There are also opportunities to either launch replacement parts on upcoming cargo flights or return parts to Earth for further study once more is known about the cause of the issue.
ISS037-E-002212 (18 Sept. 2013) ---
ISS036-E-005771 (2 June 2013) --- Inside the Cupola, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, an Expedition 36 flight engineer, eyeballs a point on Earth some 250 miles below him and the International Space Station before pinpointing a specific photo target of opportunity. He holds a digital still camera, equipped with a 400mm lens. Parmitano has been on board the orbital outpost for about three days and will continue his stay into November
ISS037-E-002225 (18 Sept. 2013) --- One of three Expedition 37 crew members aboard the International Space Station on Sept. 18 photographed this high oblique night image showing dozens of major cities and communities on the east coast and points west toward the Great Lakes area, and even areas to the southwest. Long Island, NY is a tell-tale identifier as it juts out into the Atlantic Ocean in the lower right portion of the image. The estuary known as Long Island Sound is also visible at lower right. The New York metropolitan area is largely visible below the tip of one of the space station's solar array panels.
ISS036-E-021797 (18 July 2013) --- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer, performs a remove and replace of the Oxygen Generation System (OGS) Hydrogen (H2) Sensor in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station.
ISS036-E-005323 (30 May 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, Expedition 36 flight engineer and assigned Expedition 37 commander, enters data on a computer in the Unity node aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station.
Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: From southernmost point of orbit over the South Pacific- all clouds seemed to be leading to the South Pole.
ISS036-E-026332 (29 July 2013) --- In the International Space Station?s Cupola, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, both Expedition 36 flight engineers, participate in an onboard training activity in preparation for the grapple and berthing of the Japanese ?Kounotori? H2 Transfer Vehicle-4 (HTV-4) set for August 9.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 37 crew. Per Twitter message: Sun glint on the Gulf of Khambhat, India.
Earth observation taken during night pass by an Expedition 37 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Folder lists this as CEO Venice. Per Twitter Message this is Adriatic Sea.
ISS036-E-017415 (8 July 2013) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy (right) and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, both Expedition 36 flight engineers, are pictured in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station as they prepare for the start of a session of extravehicular activity (EVA). Cassidy and Parmitano are wearing Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).
View of Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) extended arm with a dark,cloudy Earth in the background. Photo was taken by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: #CanadaArm2 poised and ready to support capture of #HTV4 in just a couple weeks.
ISS036-E-017423 (8 July 2013) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy (right) and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, both Expedition 36 flight engineers, are pictured in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station as they prepare for the start of a session of extravehicular activity (EVA). Cassidy and Parmitano are wearing Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits. NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg (partially obscured), flight engineer, assists her crew members.
ISS036-E-007619 (13 June 2013) --- To a crew member aboard the International Space Station, the home planet is seen from many different angles and perspectives, as evdenced by this Expedition 36 image of Earth's atmophere partially obscured by one of the orbital outpost's solar panels.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 37 crew.
Astronaut Karen Nyberg,Expedition 36 flight engineer,arranges her hair so that it can float straight up from her head. Photo was taken in the Node 1 module. Sent also as Twitter message.
ISS036-E-005774 (2 June 2013) --- Inside the Cupola, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, an Expedition 36 flight engineer, eyeballs a point on Earth some 250 miles below him and the International Space Station before pinpointing a specific photo target of opportunity. He holds a digital still camera, equipped with a 400mm lens. Parmitano has been on board the orbital outpost for about three days and will continue his stay into November