Orbital Sunrise | International Space Station

Orbital Sunrise | International Space Station

The first rays of an orbital sunrise illuminate the Earth's atmosphere in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 above the Pacific Ocean south of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station: 

https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science 

For more information about STEM on Station: https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation

STEM is an acronym for the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Date: February 22, 2022

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