Spacecraft: Orbital Nighttime | International Space Station

Spacecraft: Orbital Nighttime | International Space Station

An out-of-frame Moon creates a lens flare and illuminates the SpaceX Dragon perched atop the International Space Station. Photo taken looking out Starliner’s window.

Technical details: 1/1.3 s exposure, 2000 ISO, f1.4, 24mm lens

An aurora streams below Boeing's Starliner spacecraft docked to the forward port on the Harmony module as the International Space Station soared 266 miles above the Indian Ocean southwest of Australia.

Nine astronauts and cosmonauts are living aboard the International Space Station following the arrival of two crewmates, veteran NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on Thursday, June 6, 2024.

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Expedition 71 Crew

Station Commander: Oleg Kononenko (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin (Russia)

NASA: Tracy Dyson, 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)/NASA Astronaut Matthew Dominick

Image Dates: June 15 & 18, 2024

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