Expedition 68: New Canadarm2 & Moon Photos | International Space Station

Expedition 68: New Canadarm2 & Moon Photos | International Space Station

The Canadarm2 robotic arm is pictured extending away from the International Space Station with flight support equipment gripped in its leading end effector before being jettisoned toward the Earth's atmosphere. The flight hardware secured a pair of roll-out solar arrays inside the SpaceX Dragon cargo ship’s trunk during its ascent to orbit and rendezvous with the space station in November 2022. The jettisoned support equipment drifted safely away from the station and will eventually harmlessly burn up in the atmosphere with no chance for recontacting the space station.

The Canadarm2 robotic arm is pictured extending away from the International Space Station after jettisoning flight support equipment toward the Earth's atmosphere.

Flight support equipment is pictured descending toward the Earth's atmosphere after being jettisoned from the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm.

The waxing gibbous Moon is pictured above the Earth's horizon from the International Space Station as it orbited 259 miles above the Gulf of Mexico.

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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: Jan. 30, 2023 to Jan. 31, 2023

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