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Tuesday, April 02, 2024

Stars & Sunglint Beams off South Pacific Ocean | International Space Station

Stars & Sunglint Beams off South Pacific Ocean | International Space Station

The Sun's glint beaming off the South Pacific Ocean near the coast of Chile just after an orbital sunrise and a slight airglow crowning Earth's horizon are photographed from the International Space Station. At top, are star fields including a cluster of stars in the constellation of Cancer and a portion of the Lynx constellation.

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Expedition 70 Crew
Station Commander: Oleg Kononenko (Russia)
Roscosmos (Russia): Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin (Russia), Oleg Novitskiy (Russia), Marina Vasilevskaya (Belarus)
NASA: Loral O'Hara, Matthew Dominik, Mike Barrett, Jeanette Epps

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.


Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC

Image Date: March 21, 2024


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