Expedition 69 Station, Crew & Earth Photos: May 2023 | International Space Station

Expedition 69 Station, Crew & Earth Photos: May 2023 | International Space Station

The SpaceX Freedom Dragon crew ship with four Axiom Mission-2 private astronauts aboard approaches the International Space Station. Freedom, commanded by former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, with Pilot John Shoffner (USA) and Mission Specialists Ala Alqarni (Saudi Arabia) and Rayyanah Barnawi (Saudi Arabia).

Astronaut Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates inside the seven window cupola

Astronaut Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates observes a free-flying Astrobee robotic assistant

Astronauts Frank Rubio of NASA and Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates

Astronaut Stephen Bowen of NASA installs student-made hardware

Astronaut Stephen Bowen of NASA works on life support hardware

Dry river valleys in Yemen

Dry river valleys in Yemen

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Expedition 69 Crew (May 2023)

Station Commander: Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Flight Engineers Dmitri Petelin & Andrey Fedyaev

Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

NASA: Flight Engineers Frank Rubio, Stephen Bowen, Warren Hoburg

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: May 18-23, 2023

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