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Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Orbital Sunrise above Pacific Ocean | International Space Station

Orbital Sunrise above Pacific Ocean | International Space Station

The soft hues of an orbital sunrise begin revealing the cloud tops above the Pacific Ocean northeast of New Zealand as the International Space Station orbited 260 miles above.

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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 Date: Feb. 10, 2023


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