Thursday, March 06, 2025

The Milky Way Galaxy Beyond Earth's Horizon | International Space Station

The Milky Way Galaxy Beyond Earth's Horizon | International Space Station


The Milky Way appears beyond Earth's horizon in these celestial photographs captured by NASA astronaut Don Pettit using a camera with low light and long duration settings as the International Space Station orbited 259 miles above. Multiple lightning strikes are visible within the Earth's atmosphere in the first image.

Expedition 72 Updates:

Expedition 72 Crew
Station Commander: Suni Williams
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, Aleksandr Gorbunov
NASA Flight Engineers: 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.


Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)/D.Pettit
Image Date: Feb. 3, 2025

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