Expedition 68: New Views & Vistas | International Space Station

Expedition 68: New Views & Vistas | International Space Station

The first rays of an orbital sunrise begin to illuminate the Earth's atmosphere and reflect off the Earth-facing portion of the International Space Station as it orbited 263 miles above the northern Pacific Ocean south of Alaska's Aleutian Island's.

The Full Moon is pictured from the International Space Station along with a portion the SpaceX Dragon Endurance crew ship while orbiting 264 miles above southern Brazil.

The sun's glint beams across the Solomon Sea revealing the cloud-covered Solomon Islands as the International Space Station orbited 259 miles above. The Solomon Sea is located within the Pacific Ocean. It lies between Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.

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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.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Dates: Dec. 31, 2022 to Jan. 8, 2023

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