Orbital Sunset | International Space Station

Orbital Sunset | International Space Station

The Earth's horizon is barely visible as the International Space Station soars into an orbital sunset 261 miles above northeastern China. In the foreground, are the Canadarm2 robotic arm (left) with the Dextre fine-tuned robotic hand attached and the orbital outpost's main solar arrays (right) and shorter roll-out solar arrays. The International Space Station completes one trip around the globe every 92 minutes. Cruising along at 27,700 km (17,200 miles) per hour, crews experience 15 or 16 sunrises and sets every day.

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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: Jan. 22, 2024

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