Sunset over Atlantic Ocean | International Space Station

Sunset over Atlantic Ocean | International Space Station

The sun's last rays illuminate Earth's thin atmosphere during an orbital sunset in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 258 miles above the Atlantic Ocean.

Expedition 68 Crew

Station Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Flight Engineers Anna Kikina & Dmitri Petelin

NASA: Flight Engineers Nicole Mann, Frank Rubio & Josh Cassada

JAXA (Japan): Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata

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 ISS: https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science 

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Date: Nov. 18, 2022

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