Star Trails & Earth's Atmospheric Glow | International Space Station
This long duration photograph, taken from the International Space Station as it orbited 271 miles above the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean, highlights star trails and Earth's atmospheric glow moments before the orbital outpost soared into a sunrise. In the foreground (from left), are the Russian Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft docked to the Rassvet module, a set of the station's main solar arrays, and Canada's Canadarm2 robotic arm.
This long duration photograph looks out from a window on the cupola revealing Earth's atmopsheric glow underneath star trails as the International Space Station orbited 258 miles above the Pacific Ocean southeast of Hawaii at approximately 8:15 p.m. local time. In the foreground, is Japan's Kibo laboratory module (left), and Kibo's External Platform (center) that houses experiments exposed to the vacuum of space, and a set of the space station's main solar arrays (right).
This long duration photograph reveals Earth's atmopsheric glow underneath star trails as the International Space Station orbited 258 miles above the Pacific Ocean southeast of Hawaii at approximately 8:16 p.m. local time. In the foreground (from left), is Japan's Kibo laboratory module, the partially obscured SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft docked to the Harmony module, the Canadarm2 robotic arm, and the Destiny laboratory module.
This long-duration photograph from the International Space Station highlights star trails and an atmospheric glow blanketing Earth's horizon. In the foreground, is a set of the space station's main solar arrays (left), Japan's Kibo laboratory module (right), and Kibo's External Platform that houses experiments exposed to the vacuum of space. The orbital outpost was soaring 259 miles above the Pacific Ocean southeast of Japan after sunset.
This long-duration photograph from the International Space Station highlights star trails and an atmospheric glow blanketing Earth's horizon. In the foreground, is a set of the space station's main solar arrays (left), Japan's Kibo laboratory module (right), and Kibo's External Platform that houses experiments exposed to the vacuum of space. The orbital outpost was soaring 259 miles above the Pacific Ocean southeast of Japan just after sunset.
This long-duration photograph from the International Space Station highlights star trails and an atmospheric glow blanketing Earth's horizon. In the foreground, is a set of the space station's main solar arrays (left), Japan's Kibo laboratory module (right), and Kibo's External Platform that houses experiments exposed to the vacuum of space. The orbital outpost was soaring 259 miles above the Pacific Ocean southeast of Japan moments before sunset.
Expedition 72 Update: Flight engineers and NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers have been assigned by mission managers to exit the orbital outpost’s Quest airlock on May 1, 2025, for a spacewalk and work six-and-half hours in the vacuum of space. The NASA duo will install a modification kit on the port side of the station’s truss structure enabling the future installation of the orbiting lab’s seventh rollout solar array. They will also relocate an antenna that communicates with approaching and departing commercial crew and cargo spacecraft. McClain will be going on her third spacewalk and Ayers will be conducting her first spacewalk.
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Expedition 72 Crew
Station Commander: Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin (Russia)
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Ivan Vagner, Kirill Peskov, Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritskiy
NASA Flight Engineers: Don Pettit, Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, Jonny Kim
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Ivan Vagner, Kirill Peskov, Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritskiy
NASA Flight Engineers: Don Pettit, Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, Jonny Kim
JAXA Flight Engineer: Takuya Onishi
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Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center
Capture Date: April 2, 2025
Capture Date: April 2, 2025
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