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Thursday, November 24, 2022

Waxing Gibbous Moon above Indian Ocean | International Space Station

Waxing Gibbous Moon above Indian Ocean | International Space Station


The waxing gibbous Moon is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 271 miles above the Indian Ocean southwest of Australia's island state of Tasmania.


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. 4, 2022


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