Clouds on Peaks of Snow-capped Alps | International Space Station

Clouds on Peaks of Snow-capped Alps | International Space Station

Clouds stop on the peaks of the snow-capped Alps that separate Italy's Po Valley from Austria in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above.

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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.

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Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Date: Jan. 23, 2024 

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