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-007233 (12 June 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, plays a keyboard instrument in the Unity node during some of his off-duty time aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station. Parmitano is scheduled to stay aboard the orbital outpost until November.
Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).
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-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-015549 (5 July 2013) --- In the International Space Station’s Kibo laboratory, NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 flight engineer, watches as he devotes some time with the long-running SPHERES experiment, also known as Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites. The experiment is run in conjunction with students who program bowling ball-sized satellites using algorithms. The free-floating satellites are programmed to perform maneuvers potentially influencing the design of future missions.
View of antenna and solar arrays (with an Earth limb in the background) taken from a window in the Russian Soyuz spacecraft currently docked to the International Space Station. Photo taken by an Expedition 36 crewmember. Per Twitter message: View out the window to the right of my seat in Soyuz while docked to ISS.
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.
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 night pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Melbourne, Australia.
ISS037-E-018505 (22 Oct. 2013) --- The International Space Station’s Canadarm2 unberths the Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus commercial craft after three weeks at the space station. European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, both Expedition 37 flight engineers, were at the controls of the robotics workstation removing Cygnus from the Harmony node then safely releasing it at 7:31 a.m. (EDT) Oct. 22, 2013. On Oct. 23, the Cygnus will fire its engines for the last time at 1:41 p.m. and re-enter Earth’s atmosphere for destruction over the Pacific Ocean. Earth’s horizon and the blackness of space provide the backdrop for the scene.
ISS037-E-018572 (22 Oct. 2013) --- The Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus commercial craft begins its relative separation from the International Space Station after three weeks at the station. European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, both Expedition 37 flight engineers, were at the controls of the robotics workstation removing Cygnus from the Harmony node then safely releasing it at 7:31 a.m. (EDT) Oct. 22, 2013. On Oct. 23, the Cygnus will fire its engines for the last time at 1:41 p.m. and re-enter Earth’s atmosphere for destruction over the Pacific Ocean. A blue and white part of Earth and the blackness of space provide the backdrop for the scene.
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.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).
View of Astronauts Chris Cassidy (left),Karen Nyberg (center) and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano,all Expedition 36 flight engineers,in the Node 1 module.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).
Earth observation taken by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Tien Shan mountain range, Central Asia.
ISS036-E-035635 (24 Aug. 2013) --- Plankton bloom and Lake Ontario are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 36 crew member on the International Space Station. This photograph highlights a late summer plankton bloom visible throughout much of Lake Ontario (one of the Great Lakes, together with Michigan, Superior, Erie, and Huron). Cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, can reach such large concentrations that they color the water to such an extent that the change is visible from orbit. Harmful algal blooms, or HABs, have been observed in all of the Great Lakes – particularly Lake Erie - and are associated with a variety of causative factors including changes in precipitation; drought; invasive species (quagga, zebra mussels, Asian carp); nutrient loading from runoff and sewage (nitrogen and phosphorus); and warmer average temperatures. In addition to reduced water quality and human health concerns, algal blooms can also lead to hypoxia (reduction of oxygen in the bottom waters) that kills large numbers of fish and other aquatic life. Lake Ontario, like the other Great Lakes Erie, Huron, and Superior is roughly divided between the USA and Canada. The USA side of Lake Ontario has its shoreline along the state of New York, while its Canadian shoreline lies within the province of Ontario. The city of Kingston, Ontario, is visible near the Saint Lawrence River outflow from the lake. Several other landscape features of New York State are visible in the image, including the Finger Lakes region to the west of Syracuse, NY (upper left). To the northeast of Syracuse, the dark wooded slopes of the Adirondack Mountains are visible at lower right. Patchy white cloud cover obscures much of the land surface to the west of Lake Ontario.
ISS036-E-032180 (13 Aug. 2013) --- In the International Space Station?s Kibo laboratory, NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 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.
ISS036-E-048271 (10 Sept. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, Expedition 37 commander, closes the hatch between the Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft and the International Space Station’s Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) as the three Expedition 36 crew members prepare to undock from the station.
ISS036-E-017438 (8 July 2013) --- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer, speaks into a microphone 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.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 37 crew.
ISS036-E-005515 (31 May 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano (left) and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy talk with fellow human beings on Earth using videoconferencing software and one of their on-board laptop computers in the U.S. lab Destiny.
Earth Observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 37 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Interstate 35, San Antonio to Waco, Texas.
ISS036-E-014640 (3 July 2013) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 flight engineer, prepares to don his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit during 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. Cassidy is wearing a liquid cooling and ventilation garment that complements the EMU.
ISS036-E-011642 (24 June 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Expedition 36 flight engineer, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as work continues on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 34-minute spacewalk, Misurkin and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin (out of frame), Expedition 36 flight engineer, replaced an aging fluid flow control panel on the station's Zarya module as preventative maintenance on the cooling system for the Russian segment of the station. They also installed clamps for future power cables as an early step toward swapping the Pirs airlock with a new multipurpose laboratory module. The Russian Federal Space Agency plans to launch a combination research facility, airlock and docking port late this year on a Proton rocket. Yurchikhin and Misurkin also retrieved two science experiments and installed a new one.
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.
ISS036-E-023749 (21 July 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, speaks in a microphone while working in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS036-E-013794 (1 July 2013) --- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer, works in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.
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.
ISS036-E-039421 (3 Sept. 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, works in the Columbus laboratory of the 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).
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.
ISS036-E-008164 (15 June 2013) --- Expedition 36 Flight Engineers Alexander Misurkin (left) with Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency, with the assistance of Ku-band communications, monitor the approach of ESA's Automated Transfer Vehichle-4 (ATV-4) from the Zvezda service module.
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 night pass by the Expedition 37 crew. City lights visible. Per Twitter message this is eastern Mediterranean coast, Tel Aviv to Beirut.
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 the Expedition 37 crew. Identified via Twitter message as Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Philidelphia.
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
ISS036-E-027389 (29 July 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, performs maintenance on the Water Pump Assembly 2 / Thermal Control System (WPA2/TCS) in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS036-E-032138 (13 Aug. 2013) --- In the International Space Station?s Kibo laboratory, NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 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.
ISS037-E-001098 (16 Sept. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 37 flight engineer, poses for a photo while floating freely in the Unity node of the International Space Station.
ISS036-E-048259 (10 Sept. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov (center), Expedition 36 commander; along with NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy (left) and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, both flight engineers, are pictured in the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) of the International Space Station as they prepare to depart from the station and return to Earth.
ISS036-E-026283 (29 July 2013) --- In the International Space Station?s Cupola, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, participates 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.
ISS037-E-004972 (27 Sept. 2013) --- Seen floating on the Cupola of the Earth-orbiting International Space Station, this quilt block, paying tribute to the state of Texas or the Lone Star state, was fashioned from T-shirts onboard the orbital outpost by Expedition 37 Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg. The NASA astronaut has spent much of her off-duty time on the station sewing and fashioning various items, using only a handful of tools she took aboard and whatever materials that have been available.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 37 crew. Per Twitter message: Southwest Libya to the Mediterranean coast.
Earth observation taken during 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-039523 (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 a land mass on Earth, following its unberthing but just prior to its 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-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 a day pass by the Expedition 37 crew. Per Twitter message: Southern Florida & the Bahamas.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 37 crew. Per Twitter message: The Mississippi River through Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi.
ISS036-E-013170 (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.
ISS036-E-035796 (23 Aug. 2013) --- Five of the six Expedition 36 crew members are pictured in the International Space Station?s Kibo laboratory during a daily planning conference. Pictured clockwise (from bottom left) are European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, all flight engineers; Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov, commander; and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, flight engineer.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Hey, Houston, what were you doing an hour ago when I snapped this picture from #ISS?
Earth observation taken during night pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: First hint of sunrise is blue. Then red creeps in.
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 day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).
Earth observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 37 crew.
ISS036-E-024483 (23 July 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, holds a bag while performing evening prep work in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. Parmitano is wearing a Thermolab Double Sensor on his forehead which is used on the Circadian Rhythms Experiment. This experiment examines the hypothesis that long-term spaceflights significantly affect the synchronization of the circadian rhythms in human beings due to changes of a non-24 hour light-dark cycle.
European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano (left) and Astronaut Chris Cassidy,both Expedition 36 flight engineers,pose for a candid photo with Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) hardware in the Quest Airlock.
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 night pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message this is labeled as: Taiwan.
View of a bag of asparagus and garlic paste about to be rehydrated documented by the Expedition 36 crew. Also sent as Twitter message.
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.
ISS036-E-013240 (29 June 2013) --- NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy (left) and Karen Nyberg; along with European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, all Expedition 36 flight engineers, pose for a photo at the hatchway between the Quest airlock and the Unity node of the International Space Station.
ISS036-E-035663 (24 Aug. 2013) --- One of the Expedition 36 crew members aboard the International Space Station recorded this still image of unusual cloud patterns surrounding Guadalupe Island in the Pacific Ocean (left center). These are the result of a ubiquitous occurrence in the motion of fluids—a vortex street, which is a linear chain of spiral eddies called von Karman vortices. Von Karman vortices are named after Theodore von Karman, a co-founder of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. who first described the phenomenon in the atmosphere. Guadalupe Island or Isla Guadalupe is a volcanic island located 241 kilometers (150 statute miles) off the west coast of Mexico's Baja California peninsula.
ISS036-E-011745 (24 June 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin (bottom center), Expedition 36 flight engineer, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as work continues on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 34-minute spacewalk, Misurkin and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin (out of frame), Expedition 36 flight engineer, replaced an aging fluid flow control panel on the station's Zarya module as preventative maintenance on the cooling system for the Russian segment of the station. They also installed clamps for future power cables as an early step toward swapping the Pirs airlock with a new multipurpose laboratory module. The Russian Federal Space Agency plans to launch a combination research facility, airlock and docking port late this year on a Proton rocket. Yurchikhin and Misurkin also retrieved two science experiments and installed a new one.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).
ISS036-E-014714 (3 July 2013) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy (left background) and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, both Expedition 36 flight engineers, don their Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits for 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. NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, flight engineer, assists Cassidy and Parmitano.
Earth observation taken during 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).
View of Japanese Kounotori H2 Transfer Vehicle-4 (HTV-4) docked to the International Space Station's Harmony Node 2 module. Sent as Twitter message.
ISS037-E-021357 (27 Oct. 2013) --- Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin (center), Expedition 37 commander; along with NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, both flight engineers, pose for a portrait 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).
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 day pass by the Expedition 36 crew.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 37 crew. Per Twitter message: intersecting clouds over the Caspian Sea & Caucasus Mountains.
ISS036-E-028784 (3 July 2013) --- Expedition 36 Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg uses some of her off-duty time on the International Space Station for sewing -- one of her many hobbies.
Earth Observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 37 crew. The Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) arm is visible in the frame above a large storm on the Earth's surface. Image identified via Twitter message as over Hurricane Raymond.
ISS036-E-035677 (24 Aug. 2013) --- One of the Expedition 36 crew members aboard the International Space Station used a 50mm lens to record this high oblique view of the massive drought-aided Rim Fire in and around California's Yosemite National Park and the Stanislaus National Forest on Aug. 24. Editor's Note: The fire began on Aug. 17 and, as of Aug. 26, continues to burn. More than 224 square miles have been affected.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).
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.
ISS036-E-013810 (1 July 2013) --- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer, works in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS036-E-018120 (13 July 2013) --- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer, eats a meal at the galley in the Unity node of the International Space Station.
ISS036-E-012143 (25 June 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, uses a still camera in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
Astronaut Karen Nyberg,Expedition 37 flight engineer, assisted by astronaut Chris Cassidy, performs an Ocular Health (OH) Ultrasound 2 scan in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS036-E-029215 (5 Aug. 2013) --- At the robotics workstation in the International Space Station?s Cupola, NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 flight engineer, participates in onboard training activity in preparation for the grapple and berthing of the Japanese "Kounotori" H2 Transfer Vehicle-4 (HTV-4) set for August 9. Cassidy and NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg will use Canadarm2, the station's Canadian Space Agency-provided robotic arm, to reach out and capture the vehicle for its installation on the Earth-facing port of the Harmony node.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 37 crew. Per Twitter message: The tip of Africa.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 37 crew. Per Twitter message: Early morning fog in the river valleys of Ohio and West Virginia.
Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Dusk, as we traveled south of the tip of Africa.
Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: Evening in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean Sea.
ISS036-E-039501 (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 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. 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-008906 (17 June 2013) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 flight engineer, uses a computer in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
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.
ISS037-E-001905 (18 Sept. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 37 flight engineer, works with hardware at a workstation 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: Perhaps a dandelion losing its seeds in the wind? Love clouds!
ISS037-E-018502 (22 Oct. 2013) --- The International Space Station’s Canadarm2 unberths the Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus commercial craft after three weeks at the space station. European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, both Expedition 37 flight engineers, were at the controls of the robotics workstation removing Cygnus from the Harmony node then safely releasing it at 7:31 a.m. (EDT) Oct. 22, 2013. On Oct. 23, the Cygnus will fire its engines for the last time at 1:41 p.m. and re-enter Earth’s atmosphere for destruction over the Pacific Ocean. Earth’s horizon and the blackness of space provide the backdrop for the scene.