Wildfire Smoke from Canada in Earth's Atmosphere | International Space Station

Wildfire Smoke from Canada in Earth's Atmosphere | International Space Station

A wildfire in Canada and its smoke circulating in the Earth's atmosphere, pictured from the Intenational Space Station as it orbited 263 miles above North Dakota in the United States.

Visit National Wildland Fire Situation Report (Canada) for updates:

https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/report

Expedition 71 Updates:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 71 Crew

Station Commander: Oleg Kononenko (Russia)

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

NASA: Tracy Dyson, Matthew Dominick, Mike Barrett, Jeanette Epps

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore

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

Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)

Image NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Date: Aug. 6, 2024

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