Expedition 67: New Crew & Research Photos | International Space Station

Expedition 67: New Crew & Research Photos | International Space Station

NASA astronauts greet new U.S. crew member Frank Rubio

 NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines work on XROOTS, a hydroponic and aeroponic plant investigation 

Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti reconfigures combustion research components

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Sept. 21, 2022: NASA astronaut Frank Rubio (center) is greeted by fellow NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines shortly after he arrived at the International Space Station. Rubio docked to the orbiting lab's Rassvet module earlier with Roscosmos cosmonauts (out of frame) Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin aboard the Soyuz MS-22 crew ship beginning a six-month space research mission.

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Hydroponic and aeroponic plant investigation on ISS

June 24, 2022: NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines work on XROOTS, which used the station’s Veggie facility to test liquid- and air-based techniques to grow plants rather than traditional growth media. These techniques could enable production of crops on a larger scale for future space exploration.

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Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti reconfigures combustion research components

Sept. 15, 2022: European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy works inside the International Space Station's Unity module reconfiguring components for the Solid Fuel Ignition and Extinction investigation that explores fire growth and fire safety techniques in space.

Expedition 67 Crew

Commander Oleg Artemyev (Russia)

Roscosmos Flight Engineers: Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov, Dmitri Petelin, Sergey Prokopyev (Russia)

NASA Flight Engineers: Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins, Frank Rubio  (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.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Dates: June 24 - Sept. 21, 2022

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