The Last Full Moon of 2023 | International Space Station

The Last Full Moon of 2023 | International Space Station

The last full moon of 2023, the "Cold Moon," sits just above the blue glow of Earth's horizon as the International Space Station orbited nearly 270 miles over the Pacific Ocean.

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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.

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science 

For more information about STEM on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Date: Dec. 26, 2023

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