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Thursday, January 11, 2024

New Year Orbital Sunrise in Earth's Atmosphere | International Space Station

New Year Orbital Sunrise in Earth's Atmosphere | International Space Station

The first rays of an orbital sunrise penetrate Earth's atmosphere in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 263 miles above the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Canadian island of Newfoundland.

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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


Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Release Date: Jan. 2, 2024


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