Activities in Space Stations

Astronauts performing various tasks and experiments inside the International Space Station's laboratories and airlocks.

iss052e021601 (July 31, 2017) --- Astronaut Paolo Nespoli checks out a science freezer inside Japans Kibo laboratory module.

ISS023-E-050011 (21 May 2010) --- A fish-eye lens attached to an electronic still camera was used to capture this image of NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman, STS-132 mission specialist, while two crew members assist him in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station as the missions third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) draws to a close.

ISS024-E-014158 (9 Sept. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Shannon Walker, Expedition 24 flight engineer, works with the Interior Corner Flow 1 (ICF-1) hardware during video recording of the Capillary Flow Experiment (CFE-1) in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. CFE observes the flow of fluid, in particular capillary phenomena, in microgravity.

ISS036-E-029522 (7 Aug. 2013) --- In the International Space Stations Kibo laboratory, NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer, conducts a session with a pair of bowling-ball-sized free-flying satellites known as Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites, or SPHERES. Nyberg and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy (not pictured) put the miniature satellites through their paces for a dry run of the SPHERES Zero Robotics tournament scheduled for Aug. 13. Teams of middle school students from Florida, Georgia, Idaho and Massachusetts will gather at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge to see which teams algorithms do the best job of commanding the free-flying robots through a series of maneuvers and objectives.

ISS036-E-005939 (3 June 2013) --- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer, gets a workout on the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED) in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station.

iss066e179239 (March 25, 2022) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 66 Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn Marshburn services components on a unique incubator that can generate artificial gravity inside the Kibo laboratory module's Cell Biology Experiment Facility.

jsc2017e096672 (July 17, 2017) --- In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 52-53 crewmember Randy Bresnik of NASA flashes a smile as he enters the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft July 17 during a fit check dress rehearsal. Bresnik, Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency will launch July 28 on the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station.

nhq201707070017 (July 7, 2017) --- Expedition 52 flight engineer Randy Bresnik of NASA is seen inside the Soyuz simulator during his final Soyuz qualification exam with fellow Expedition 52 flight engineers Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos, and Paolo Nespoli of ESA, Friday, July 7, 2017 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia.

ISS023-E-028756 (28 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Expedition 23 flight engineer, services the SpaceDRUMS/Space Dynamically Responding Ultrasonic Matrix (SDRM) hardware in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS026-E-018421 (18 Jan. 2011) --- Attired in blue thermal undergarments that complement the Russian Orlan spacesuit, Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Kondratyev (left) and Oleg Skripochka, both Expedition 26 flight engineers, prepare to don and check out their Orlan spacesuits in preparation for a spacewalk scheduled for Jan. 21, 2011. During the spacewalk Kondratyev and Skripochka will complete the installation of a new high-speed data transmission system, remove an old plasma pulse experiment, install a camera for the new Rassvet docking module and retrieve a materials exposure package.

ISS032-E-026310 (10 Sept. 2012) --- Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, who represents the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), loads cargo into the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-3) in preparation for its impending unberthing from the International Space Station.

iss065e094097 (June 9, 2021) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei conducts research inside the Life Science Glovebox for the Kidney Cells-02 experiment that seeks to improve treatments for kidney stones and osteoporosis.

PHOTO DATE: 31 August 2011LOCATION: Bldg. 7, SSATA ChamberSUBJECT: Expedition 32 crew member and JAXA astronaut, Akihiko Hoshide in SSATA Chamber during Dry Run. STB-ST-942.

ISS040-E-079910 (25 July 2014) --- In the International Space Station s Kibo laboratory, NASA astronaut Steve Swanson (left), Expedition 40 commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, flight engineer, conduct a session with a trio of soccer-ball-sized robots known as the Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites, or SPHERES. The free-flying robots were equipped with stereoscopic goggles called the Visual Estimation and Relative Tracking for Inspection of Generic Objects, or VERTIGO, to enable the SPHERES to perform relative navigation based on a 3D model of a target object.

. iss068e017257 (Oct. 14, 2022) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio checks tomato plants growing inside the International Space Station for the XROOTS space botany study. The tomatoes were grown without soil using hydroponic and aeroponic nourishing techniques to demonstrate space agricultural methods to sustain crews on long term space flights farther away from Earth where resupply missions become impossible. Credit: Koichi Wakata/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

STS102-319-001 (8-21 March 2001)--- Astronaut James S. Voss, Expedition Two flight engineer, is photographed in the U.S.-built Unity node on the International Space Station (ISS) during the STS-102 mission.

ISS040-E-096126 (18 Aug. 2014) --- In the International Space Station s Kibo laboratory, European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer, depressurizes the Kibo airlock in preparation for a series of NanoRacks CubeSat miniature satellite deployments. The first two pairs of nanosatellites are scheduled for deployment on Aug. 19. The Planet Labs Dove satellites that were carried to the station aboard the Orbital Sciences Cygnus commercial cargo craft are being deployed between Aug. 19 and Aug. 25.

ISS032-E-019046 (16 Aug. 2012) --- In the International Space Stations Pirs Docking Compartment, attired in their Russian Orlan spacesuits, Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (top), Expedition 32 commander; and cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, flight engineer, prepare for their spacewalk scheduled for Aug. 20.

S98-07969 (5 June 1998) --- Crew trainer Adam Flagan (left) checks out STS-95 payload specialists Chiaki Naito-Mukai and John H. Glenn Jr. as they practice launch and entry procedures on the middeck of one of the training mockups in the Johnson Space Center's Space Vehicle Mockup Facility. The STS-95 mission, tentatively scheduled for launch on Oct. 29, will involve a variety of science experiments being carried in the pressurized Spacehab module, deployment and retrieval of the Spartan free-flyer payload, and operations with the HST Orbiting Systems Test and the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker payloads.

S133-E-007873 (1 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, Expedition 26 commander, is pictured in the newly-installed Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery (STS-133) remains docked with the station.

iss064e044264 (March 19, 2021) --- Astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins of NASA cleans cooling loops and collects water samples from U.S. spacesuits located inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock.

ISS002-E-5859 (7 May 2001) --- Susan J. Helms, Expedition Two flight engineer, works on an Enhanced Space Station Multiplexer / Demultiplexer (ESSMDM) at the Maintenance Work Assembly (MWA) work surface in the Destiny module. The image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS016-E-019400 (30 Dec. 2007) --- Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 16 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, works in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS020-E-044599 (30 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, Expedition 20 flight engineer, works with her crew quarters compartment in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

. iss068e054809 (Feb. 2, 2023) - (At far left and right) Astronauts Koichi Wakata of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and Nicole Mann of NASA are suited up in their Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMUs), or spacesuits, following a spacewalk on Feb. 2, 2023, to install hardware on the International Space Station's Port-6 truss structure. Assisting the duo out of their EMUs are NASA Flight Engineers (center left and right) Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio.

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A crewmember of Expedition One, cosmonaut Yuri P. Gidzenko, is dwarfed by transient hardware aboard Leonardo, the Italian Space Agency-built Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM), a primary cargo of the STS-102 mission. The Leonardo MPLM is the first of three such pressurized modules that will serve as the International Space Station's (ISS's) moving vans, carrying laboratory racks filled with equipment, experiments and supplies to and from the Space Station aboard the Space Shuttle. The cylindrical module is approximately 21-feet long and 15- feet in diameter, weighing almost 4.5 tons. It can carry up to 10 tons of cargo into 16 standard Space Station equipment racks. Of the 16 racks the module can carry, 5 can be furnished with power, data, and fluid to support refrigerators or freezers. In order to function as an attached station module as well as a cargo transport, the logistics module also includes components that provide life support, fire detection and suppression, electrical di

S124-E-006285 (4 June 2008) --- Astronaut Mark Kelly, STS-124 commander, floats in the newly installed Kibo Japanese Pressurized Module (JPM) of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, mission specialist, is at right.

ISS024-E-014421 (13 Sept. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Shannon Walker, Expedition 24 flight engineer, works on the COLLOID experiment inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

S135-E-007435 (11 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus, STS-135 mission specialist, is pictured in the U.S. lab or Destiny on the International Space Station during the fourth day in space for the Atlantis crew and the second day while the two spacecraft are docked in Earth orbit.

PHOTO DATE: 14 April 2010LOCATION: Bldg 7/SSATA ChamberSUBJECT: Astronaut Scott Kelly during EMU

iss056e095002 (July 11, 2018) --- Expedition 56 Flight Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor works with science gear inside the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module for the Micro-11 experiment that is investigating fundamental data indicating whether successful human reproduction beyond Earth is possible.

. iss070e000501 (Sept. 29, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O'Hara sets up an exercise cycle for a workout session inside the Destiny laboratory module aboard the International Space Station.

. iss068e051639 (Feb. 13, 2023) - Expedition 68 Flight Engineers Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann, both from NASA, are pictured during life support maintenance aboard the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module.

ISS008-E-17187 (26 February 2004) --- This view shows a duo of Russian Orlan space suit lower torsos stowed in the Pirs Docking Compartment on the International Space Station (ISS) following completion of an extravehicular activity (EVA) conducted by the Expedition 8 crew. A tool caddy is attached to each suit.

ISS022-E-023766 (12 Jan. 2010) --- Attired in blue thermal undergarments that complement the Russian Orlan spacesuit, Russian cosmonauts Maxim Suraev (foreground) and Oleg Kotov, both Expedition 22 flight engineers, prepare to don and check out their Orlan spacesuits in preparation for a spacewalk scheduled for Jan. 14 to outfit the new Poisk module for future Russian vehicle dockings.

STS111-E-5095 (7 June 2002) --- Cosmonaut Yury I. Onufrienko, Expedition Four mission commander, greets cosmonaut Valery G. Korzun (back to camera), Expedition Five mission commander, when the hatch to the Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 (PMA-2) on the International Space Station (ISS) was opened for the STS-111 ingress. Astronaut Kenneth D. Cockrell, STS-111 mission commander, is partially visible on the right of Korzun. Onufrienko and Korzun represent Rosaviakosmos.

S133-E-008295 (2 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, STS-133 mission specialist, reads a procedures checklist on the aft flight deck of space shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, dressed in blue protective clothing (at right), looks at the inside of the Pressurized Module, or PM, part of the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM), along with technicians. The PM provides a shirt-sleeve environment in which astronauts on the International Space Station can conduct microgravity experiments. There are a total of 23 racks, including 10 experiment racks, inside the PM providing a power supply, communications, air conditioning, hardware cooling, water control and experiment support functions.

ISS041-E-016637 (16 Sept. 2014) --- NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman (center background), Expedition 41 flight engineer, works among stowed equipment in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station. Two Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits are visible in the foreground.

ISS026-E-012185 (26 Dec. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman, Expedition 26 flight engineer, services the Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI-1) in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

S131-E-008497 (10 April 2010) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, STS-131 mission specialist, works with the Window Observational Research Facility (WORF) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station. WORF will provide cameras, multispectral and hyperspectral scanners, camcorders and other instruments to capture Earth imagery through Destinys nadir window.

S93-E-5043 (24 July 1999) --- AstronautCatherine G. (Cady) Coleman, mission specialist, checks the support systemfor the Plant Growth Investigations in Microgravity 1 (PGIM-1) experiment on Columbia's middeck. The photo was recorded with an electronic still camera (ESC) on Flight Day 2.

. iss069e020706 (June 15, 2023) - NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Woody Hoburg points the camera toward himself and takes an out-of-this-world "space-selfie" during a six-hour and three-minute spacewalk to install a roll-out solar array on the International Space Station's truss structure.

ISS024-E-015234 (23 Sept. 2010) --- Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko and NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, both Expedition 24 flight engineers, make final preparations for their departure in the Soyuz TMA-18 docked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) of the International Space Station. The Soyuz undocked at 10:02 p.m. (EDT) on Sept. 24, 2010, carrying Kornienko and Caldwell Dyson, along with Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov (out of frame). Originally scheduled for Sept. 23, the Soyuz undocked a day later due to a Poisk-side hatch sensor problem, which prevented hooks on the Poisk side of the docking interface from opening.

ISS036-E-017393 (8 July 2013) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy (left) and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, both Expedition 36 flight engineers, are pictured in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station as they prepare for the start of a session of extravehicular activity (EVA). Cassidy and Parmitano are wearing Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits. NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, flight engineer, assists her crew members.

ISS037-E-022011 (28 Oct. 2013) --- Attired in a Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 37 flight engineer, floats freely in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.

ISS032-E-011432 (28 July 2012) --- NASA astronaut Joe Acaba, Expedition 32 flight engineer, refers to a procedures checklist in the Harmony node of the International Space Station to assist his crewmates shortly after the hatch opening of the newly attached Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-3) docked to Harmonys Earth-facing port.

S133-E-007346 (28 Feb. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, STS-133 mission specialist, reads a procedures checklist on the aft flight deck of space shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

ISS035-E-020060 (15 April 2013) --- NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn works on the Inter Module Ventilation (IMV) Flow Measurement in Kibo Japanese Experiment Module (JEM)aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station. Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield, an astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency, and Marshburn set up the velocicalc hardware and measured the IMV flow coming from the JEM Pressurized Module (JPM) IMV overhead aft inlet, starboard aft inlet, and starboard forward outlet. The measurements are part of routine preventative maintenance to ensure quality airflow in the modules.

PHOTO DATE: 4/5/10, Time: 1000 LOCATION: Bldg 7/SSATA ChamberSUBJECT: STB-ST-903 - INC 26 SSATA Crew Training: Paolo Nespoli

S128-E-006862 (30 Aug. 2009) --- Astronaut Nicole Stott, STS-128 mission specialist, floats through a hatch on the Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day three activities.

ISS041-E-000169 (11 Sept. 2014) --- An interior view of the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 41 crew member aboard the station.

iss061e034867 (Nov. 12, 2019) --- NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan checks specialized spacewalking tools designed specifically to repair the International Space Station's cosmic particle detector, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS). Morgan and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano will conduct several spacewalks in November to upgrade the AMS thermal control system.

iss060e053892 -- Expedition 60 flight engineer Christina Koch of NASA uses a microscope to observe and photograph growing protein crystal samples as part of the Microgravity Crystals experiment aboard the International Space Station.

S114-E-7032 (4 August 2005) --- Astronaut Charles J. Camarda, STS-114 mission specialist, floats in the Zvezda Service Module of the international space station.

STS083-453-019 (4-8 April 1997) --- Astronaut Michael L. Gernhardt, mission specialist, uses a 70mm handheld camera to record images of Earth through the overhead windows on the aft flight deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

ISS015-E-07586 (13 May 2007) --- Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 15 flight engineer, conducts a Surface, Water and Air Biocharacterization (SWAB) air sampling in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

iss059e060936 (May 12, 2019) --- NASA astronaut Christina Koch works inside the Life Sciences Glovebox conducting research for the Kidney Cells investigation that is seeking innovative treatments for kidney stones, osteoporosis and toxic chemical exposures.

ISS034-E-030206 (16 Jan. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, Expedition 34 flight engineer, works behind a rack in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS036-E-017441 (8 July 2013) --- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer, uses a computer in the International Space Stations Quest airlock while the crew prepares for a July 9 session of extravehicular activity (EVA) with NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, both flight engineers. Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov, commander, is visible in the background.

ISS004-E-6416 (January 2002) --- Astronaut Daniel W. Bursch, Expedition Four flight engineer, is photographed among stowage bags in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). The image was taken with a digital still camera.

S133-E-008884 (5 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, STS-133 mission specialist, looks through a window in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

ISS033-E-016184 (26 Oct. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, flight engineer, service the Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS-2 (MELFI-2) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS032-E-022630 (23 Aug. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 32 flight engineer, works at the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

S124-E-007018 (6 June 2008) --- Interior view of the newly installed Kibo Japanese Pressurized Module of the International Space Station, photographed by a STS-124 crewmember while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station.

ISS031-E-157839 (5 June 2012) --- European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, Expedition 31 flight engineer, exercises using the advanced Resistive Exercise Device (aRED) in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station.

ISS031-E-005786 (27 April 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 31 flight engineer, uses a still camera at a window in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station to photograph the departure of the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft carrying Expedition 30 crew members back to Earth.

iss059e001434 (March 22, 2019) --- NASA astronaut Christina Koch (center) assists spacewalkers Nick Hague (left) and Anne McClain in their U.S. spacesuits shortly before they begin the first spacewalk of their careers. Hague and McClain would work outside in the vacuum of space for six hours and 39 minutes to upgrade the International Space Station's power storage capacity.

Interior view looking starboard (STBD) and aft in the Harmony Node 2, taken during the crew's sleep period (main lights are turned off). Hatches into the Columbus European Laboratory and Destiny U.S. Laboratory are in view. The pink glow comes from the Vegetable Production System (Veggie) greenhouse, housed in Columbus.

iss055e098109 (3/15/2018) --- Photo taken in the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) aboard the International Space Station (ISS), showing the Multi-purpose Small Payload Rack (MSPR) Two-Phase Flow (TPF) Experiment Equipment. The Interfacial behaviors and Heat transfer characteristics in Boiling Two-Phase Flow (Two-Phase Flow) investigation helps to provide better fundamental understanding on the behavior of liquid-vapor flow, and the mechanism of heat transfer under microgravity.

PHOTO DATE: 04-08-10LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, CCTIISUBJECT: STS-132 crew during ingress/egress training

ISS017-E-021990 (23 Oct. 2008) --- Cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, Expedition 17 commander, makes final preparations for his departure in the Soyuz TMA-12 docked with the International Space Station. The Soyuz undocked at 7:16 p.m. (CDT) on Oct. 23, 2008, carrying Volkov, cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov (out of frame), flight engineer; and American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott (out of frame).

STS-133 crew during CCTII BAILOUT training. Photo Date: March 26, 2010. Location: Building 9NW - CCT II Mockup.

S131-E-007094 (6 April 2010) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, STS-131 mission specialist, works on the middeck of space shuttle Discovery during flight day two activities.

JSC2009-E-244212 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut George Zamka (background), STS-130 commander; along with astronauts Nicholas Patrick (center) and Robert Behnken, both mission specialists, participate in a training session in an International Space Station mock-up/trainer in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

PHOTO DATE: 20 June 2013LOCATION: Bldg. 7, SSATA ChamberSUBJECT: JAXA Astronaut Koichi Wakata during SSATA Dry Run.

ISS030-E-078168 (16 Feb. 2012) --- Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov (left) and Oleg Kononenko, both Expedition 30 flight engineers, are pictured in Zvezda Service Module transfer compartment as they prepare for a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. Shkaplerov and Kononenko are wearing blue thermal undergarments that complement the Russian Orlan spacesuit.

S131-E-007268 (7 April 2010) --- NASA astronauts Alan Poindexter, STS-131 commander; and Stephanie Wilson, mission specialist, work on the aft flight deck of space shuttle Discovery during flight day three activities.

ISS022-E-067676 (14 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Robert Behnken, STS-130 mission specialist, floats freely in newly-installed Tranquility node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.

ISS002-E-6288 (18 May 2001) --- Susan J. Helms, Expedition Two flight engineer, works with three laptop computers at the Human Research Facility (HRF) in the U.S. Laboratory. The image was taken with a digital still camera.

iss062e116102 (March 29, 2020) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 62 Flight Engineer Jessica Meir hovers for a portrait in the weightless environment of the International Space Station.

ISS031-E-148931 (28 June 2012) --- A fisheye lens attached to an electronic still camera was used to capture this image of Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 31 commander, during stowage operations in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

iss060e006063 (July 8, 2019) --- Expedition 60 Flight Engineer Christina Koch of NASA works inside the Quest joint airlock cleaning U.S. spacesuit cooling loops and replacing spacesuit components.

ISS005-E-16538 (9 October 2002) --- Astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition Five flight engineer, works in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS).

STS102-E-5033 (9 March 2001) --- On Discovery's mid deck, astronaut Susan J. Helms, STS-102 mission specialist, checks gear associated with her upcoming space walk.

STS105-E-5226 (16 August 2001) --- Now a member of the STS-105 crew, departingExpedition Two flight engineer Susan J. Helms works out on the ergometer device on the mid deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

iss056e094996 (July 11, 2018) --- Astronauts Drew Feustel and Serena Auñón-Chancellor are seen while Auñón-Chancellor works inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox on the Micro-11 investigation. The study is looking to provide fundamental data indicating whether successful human reproduction beyond Earth is possible.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 66 Flight Engineer Kayla Barron works with the Veggie PONDS space agriculture experiment that explores how to grow fresh food during long-term spaceflight missions.

. iss068e017203 (Oct. 13, 2022) --- Six Expedition 68 crew members gather in the U.S. Destiny laboratory module and participate in an evening conference with International Space Station mission controllers on the ground. From front to back, are astronauts Josh Cassada, Koichi Wakata, Samantha Cristoforetti, Frank Rubio, Nicole Mann, and Bob Hines.

iss048e069880 (9/3/2016) --- NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins makes preparations for the Run 2 sample initialization of the Biomolecule Sequencer experiment. The Biomolecule Sequencer seeks to demonstrate, for the first time, that DNA sequencing is feasible in an orbiting spacecraft. A space-based DNA sequencer could identify microbes, diagnose diseases and understand crew member health, and potentially help detect DNA-based life elsewhere in the solar system.

ISS038-E-035470 (24 Jan. 2014) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer, is pictured wearing the Penguin-3 antigravity pressure/stress suit in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

iss063e114104 (Oct. 21, 2020) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy enters the Soyuz MS-16 crew ship that would return him and fellow Expedition 63 crewmates Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, both from Roscosmos, back to Earth several hours later.

iss056e098988 (July 26, 2018) --- Photographic documentation of the Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-Cohesive Sedimentation investigation (BCAT-CS). The fluid physics research explores the sedimentary properties of quartz and clay particles. Mixed quartz and clay samples are suspended in a liquid for photographic and video downlink to scientists on Earth helping guide future geological studies of unexplored planets and improving petroleum exploration here on Earth.

ISS044E053899 (08/12/2015) --- Expedition 44 crew members Kimiya Yui (left) of JAXA and NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren run through a robotics simulation with experts on the ground as they prepare for the robotic capture of the fifth Japanese HTV cargo vehicle. HTV-5 launched successfully from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan on Aug. 19 and is scheduled to arrive at the station on Aug. 24, 2015.

STS98-E-5010 (8 February 2001) --- This mid deck scene on the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis resembles the interior of a moving van, with equipment and supplies temporarily stored there. The STS-98 crew will transfer much of the gear over to the International Space Station (ISS) once the shuttle and station are docked later in the week. The scene was recorded with a digital still camera.

ISS007-E-18033 (26 October 2003) --- Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, plays a musical keyboard during off-shift time in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS).

Expedition 63 Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin, left, and Ivan Vagner are seen inside the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft just minutes after they and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, October 22, 2020, Kazakh time (Oct. 21 Eastern time). Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner returned after 196 days in space having served as Expedition 62-63 crew members onboard the International Space Station.

STS-130 astronaut Nick Patrick during dry run for SSATA Crew Training and EMU Verification for STS-130. Photo Date: October 29, 2009. Location: Building 7 - SSATA Chamber.

View of Astronaut Reid Wiseman,Expedition 40 flight engineer,inserting urine samples in the Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) located in the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM).

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