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Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island & New Brunswick | International Space Station

Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island & New Brunswick | International Space Station


The Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick, are pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 260 miles above the North American continent. The major bodies of water seen in the photograph (from right) are the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Northumberland Strait, and New London Bay.


Expedition 67 Crew

Commander Oleg Artemyev (Russia)

Roscosmos Flight Engineers: Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov (Russia)

NASA Flight Engineers: Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins (USA)

European Space Agency (ESA) Flight Engineer: Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy)

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.


Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Date: May 7, 2022


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