ISS042E237302 (02/09/2015) --- Aboard the International Space Station on Feb. 9, 2015 NASA astronaut Terry Virts while viewing through the Cupola window captured this image of the African continent. Virts tweeted the photo to his many fans with the comment: "Sun glint on one of a thousand rivers in the heart of #Africa, this one in #Angola" .

ISS042E207665 (02/03/2015) --- (ESA) European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, and NASA astronaut Terry Virts are working with configuration tasks aboard the International Space Station on Feb. 3, 2015. Virts tweeted this photo with the comment "@AstroSamantha and I kick off a year of "reconfig", preparing for multiple docked cargo and manned vehicles".

ISS040-E-012015 (14 June 2014) --- One of the Expedition 40 crew members photographed this image on June 14, 2014. European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, in a Tweeted message on June 15, identified the sprinkle of light in the upper right hand corner of the photo as the launch of a Russian satellite.

ISS040-E-045605 (7 July 2014) --- The International Space Station, including these two temporarily docked Russian spacecraft, made more than one pass near Typhoon Neoguri on July 7, and Expedition 40 Flight Engineers Reid Wiseman of NASA and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency captured its startling dimensions in a day-long series of still photos. In a tweet later in the day, Gerst marveled that even with a fish-eye lens he couldn't capture the whole storm. A 28mm focal length was used for a small sequence of oblique pictures such as this one. The picture was taken at 06:57:53 GMT on July 7, 2014.

Nimoy tribute

ISS042e291952 (02/28/2015) --- ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on Feb. 28, 2015 tweeted this photo and gives a final salute to Star Treks' Leonard Nimoy who passed away recently. Cristoforetti is a flight engineer on the International Space Station. She commented in the Tweet ""Of all the souls I have encountered.. his was the most human." Thx @TheRealNimoy for bringing Spock to life for us"

ISS042E099123 (01/04/2015) --- An interior view from the International Space Station’s (ISS) Cupola module. The large bay windows allowing the Expedition 42 crew to see outside. The Cupola houses one of the station’s two robotic work stations used by astronauts to manipulate the large robotic arm seen through the right window. The robotic arm, or Canadarm2, was used throughout the construction of the ISS and is still used to grapple visiting cargo vehicles and assist astronauts during spacewalks. The Cupola is attached to the nadir side of the space station and also gives a full panoramic view of the Earth.