New Expedition 72 Crew Images | International Space Station

New Expedition 72 Crew Images | International Space Station

Astronaut Suni Williams displays science hardware for a biomanufacturing study

NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams displays science hardware housing bacteria and yeast samples for the Rhodium Biomanufacturing 03 study that may enable the production of food and medicine in space. Williams was in the cupola, the International Space Station's "window to the world," as the orbital outpost soared 258 miles above a cloudy Pacific Ocean off the coast of Costa Rica.

Astronaut Suni Williams between the SpaceX Dragon and the Harmony module

NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams is pictured inside the vestibule between the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft and the forward port on the International Space Station's Harmony module.

Astronaut Don Pettit points a camera outside a window for a sun photography session

NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit points a camera outside a window on the International Space Station's Poisk module for a sun photography session.

Expedition 72 Flight Engineers Don Pettit and Ivan Vagner

NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit points a camera outside a window on the International Space Station's Poisk module for a sun photography session with assistance from Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Ivan Vagner of Russia.

Astronaut Don Pettit points a camera outside a window for a sun photography session

NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit points a camera outside a window on the International Space Station's Poisk module for a sun photography session with assistance from Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Ivan Vagner of Russia.

Astronaut Don Pettit processes bacteria samples

NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit processes bacteria samples in the Kibo laboratory module's Life Science Glove to understand why some pathogens are more potent in the microgravity environment. Those samples were also packed inside the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft for return and analysis back on Earth. The space biology investigation uses genetic analysis techniques to identify the antibiotic resistant organisms and help researchers protect crew health on long-term space missions.

Astronaut Butch Wilmore shows off 3D printing research hardware

NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Butch Wilmore shows off research hardware supporting a study that explores 3D printing on-demand medical devices on the International Space Station to treat Earthbound and space-caused health conditions.

Astronaut Suni Williams swaps a hard drive inside a sample processor

NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams swaps a hard drive inside the Advanced Space Experiment Processor-4 (ADSEP-4). ADESP-4 is a research facility that processes samples for numerous types of experiments supporting biology and physics research aboard the International Space Station, the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft, and the Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply ship.

Expedition 72 Updates:

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

Expedition 72 Crew
Station Commander: Suni Williams
Roscosmos (Russia): Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, Aleksandr Gorbunov
NASA: Butch Wilmore, Don Pettit, Nick Hague

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.

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 Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Dates: Nov. 29-Dec. 7, 2024

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