iss053e047057 (Sept. 26, 2017) --- Flight Engineer Joe Acaba installs botany gear for the Veggie facility to demonstrate plant growth in space for the Veg-03 experiment. The botany study uses the Veggie plant growth facility to cultivate cabbage, lettuce and mizuna, which are harvested on-orbit with samples returned to Earth for testing.

iss053e317722 (Dec. 5, 2017) --- The Cygnus spacecraft with its cymbal-like UltraFlex solar arrays deployed was pictured departing the space station Dec. 5, 2017 during Expedition 53.

iss053e061054 (9/29/2017) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespoli, setting up the Mobile Procedure Viewer (MobiPV), in the U.S. Laboratory aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The Mobile Procedure Viewer (mobiPV) experiment demonstrates new technologies and operations concepts for ISS crew procedure execution as task support, both for on board crew, and for the supporting ground expert team.

iss053e079156 (Oct. 5, 2017) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 53 Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei is pictured during a spacewalk to service components on the Canadarm2 robotic arm during a spacewalk with NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik (out of frame).

iss053e317726 (Dec. 5, 2017) --- The Cygnus spacecraft with its cymbal-like UltraFlex solar arrays deployed was pictured departing the space station Dec. 5, 2017 during Expedition 53.