Expedition 68: New Crew & Earth Photos | International Space Station

Expedition 68: New Crew & Earth Photos | International Space Station

NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Nicole Mann is pictured during a fit check of her Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), or spacesuit, ahead of a planned spacewalk 

Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is pictured during a fit check of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), or spacesuit, ahead of a planned spacewalk 

Nicole and Koichi are pictured during a fit check of their Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMUs), or spacesuit, inside the Quest airlock ahead of a planned spacewalk

Cosmonaut Anna Kikina (Russia) works on life support maintenance tasks

Cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev (Russia) practices futuristic piloting techniques

Cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev (Russia) practices futuristic piloting techniques

The African nation of Namibia

A portion of the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Bahamas

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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. 2, 2022 to Jan. 16, 2023

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