Earth Cities: Night View with Moon | International Space Station

Earth Cities: Night View with Moon | International Space Station

Earth's airglow outlines the planet's horizon with the Moon above in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 260 miles above the midwestern United States. At lower right, the city lights of Denver. Colorado, and its suburbs shine, including the city lights all the way to Chicago, Illinois (at top), and surrounding metropolitan areas.

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Expedition 70 Crew

Station Commander: Andreas Mogensen of the European Space Agency (Denmark)

Roscosmos (Russia): Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub, Konstantin Borisov

JAXA: Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa (Japan)

NASA: Jasmin Moghbeli, Loral O'Hara (USA)

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: Nov. 10, 2023

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