Baghdad, Iraq | International Space Station
United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi capured this image and commented: "Here is the beautiful and historical city of Baghdad—the cornerstone of the Golden Age of knowledge.📚🔭 Scholars from this great city sparked the flames of discovery, setting the course for modern science. Their legacy reminds us to keep reaching for the stars.✨"
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo in Egypt. It is located on the Tigris River near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon. Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the southwest and Syria to the west.
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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
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Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)/UAE astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi
Image Release Date: May 17, 2023
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