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.
iss052e021601 (July 31, 2017) --- Astronaut Paolo Nespoli checks out a science freezer inside Japans Kibo laboratory module.
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S118-E-07308 (15 Aug. 2007) --- Astronaut Barbara R. Morgan, STS-118 mission specialist, looks over procedures checklists on the middeck of Space Shuttle Endeavour while docked with the International Space Station.
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NASA astronaut Raja Chari climbs through a hatch of Lockheed Martins deep space habitat ground prototype at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 25, 2019. Chari is one of the astronauts helping engineers refine requirements for the design of an American-made deep space habitat for the Gateway. Astronauts provide important design perspective as they may one day live and work aboard the lunar outpost, which would be located about 250,000 miles from Earth. To date, five habitat prototypes have been developed through NASAs Next Space Exploration for Technologies Partnerships, or NextSTEP. Lockheed Martin was the first to turn their habitat over to NASA for testing. Ground prototypes developed by Bigelow Aerospace, Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Sierra Nevada Corporation will be tested in the future at various facilities across the country. A sixth company, NanoRacks, plans to develop a prototype as well.
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iss055e010694 (4/4/2018) --- A view taken aboard the International Space Station (ISS) during the set up of the SPHERES Tether Slosh experiment hardware. The image is of the green SPHERES robots tethered to a fluid-filled container covered in sensors to test strategies for safely steering spacecraft such as dead satellites that might still have fuel in the tank. SPHERES Tether Slosh combines fluid dynamics equipment with robotic capabilities aboard the International Space Station to investigate automated strategies for steering passive cargo that contain fluids.
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ISS033-E-008132 (28 Sept. 2012) --- In the International Space Stations Zvezda Service Module, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander; and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, flight engineer, participate in an onboard training session for the standard Soyuz emergency descent drill, a regular procedure for each station crew.
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. iss069e086055 (Sept. 6, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli services microbe samples for DNA sequencing aboard the International Space Station.
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ISS049e038794 (10/14/2016 --- NASA astronaut Kate Rubins holds a communication microphone while floating in the U.S. Destiny Laboratory aboard the International Space Station. Rubins, a first time flier with a degree in molecular biology, is scheduled to return to Earth on Oct. 29, 2016, U.S. time
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S135-E-007107 (10 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus, STS-135 mission specialist, is pictured with only a small portion of supplies and equipment on the middeck of the space shuttle Atlantis during the very busy third day in space as the four astronauts prepare to join a six-person crew aboard the International Space Station.
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Expedition 67 Flight Engineer and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti packs experiment containers for the Biofilms investigation aboard the International Space Station. The biotechnology study explores ways to protect astronaut health and maintain spacecraft safety from microbes living in the orbiting's lab environment.
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iss059e078446 (May 28, 2019) --- NASA astronaut Nick Hague floats inside the vestibule that connects the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory module with NASA's Harmony module.
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Interior of 'Harmony' Node
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Date: 05-21-14Location: Bldg 2, Studio BSubject: Expedition 40 ISS Science Amplification Briefing
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ISS031-E-157943 (26 June 2012) --- European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, Expedition 31 flight engineer, uses a body mass measurement device (BMMD) in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
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S131-E-008558 (10 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, STS-131 mission specialist, holds stowage containers with her legs while floating freely in the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) linked to the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.
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STS062-04-005 (4-18 March 1994) --- Astronaut Marsha S. Ivins has her hands full with a thermal imaging project on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia as astronaut Pierre J. Thuot stands by to help. The two mission specialists were joined by three other veteran NASA astronauts for almost 14 full days in Earth-orbit.
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S125-E-009226 (17 May 2009) --- Astronaut Megan McArthur, STS-125 mission specialist, poses for a photo with astronaut Mike Massimino, mission specialist, as he looks through an aft flight deck window of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis during the missions fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as work continues to refurbish and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - During the traditional post-flight walk-around after the landing of an orbiter, Mission Specialist Lisa Nowak gets a close look at the nose cone. Discovery's smooth and perfect landing was on time at 9:14 a.m. EDT on Runway 15 of NASA's Shuttle Landing Facility after traveling 5.3 million miles on 202 orbits. Mission elapsed time was 12 days, 18 hours, 37 minutes and 54 seconds. The landing is the 62nd at Kennedy Space Center and the 32nd for Discovery.
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iss048e066523 (8/26/2016) --- NASA astronaut Kate Rubins poses for a photo with Biomolecule Sequencer experiment hardware (Surface Pro 3 tablet and MinION) during the first sample initialization run. The image was taken in the Destiny U.S. Laboratory aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
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ISS036-E-029739 (9 Aug. 2013) --- NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Karen Nyberg, both Expedition 36 flight engineers, are pictured with still cameras in the Cupola of the International Space Station. The Japanese "Kounotori" H2 Transfer Vehicle-4 (HTV-4) is seen approaching the space station through a window.
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iss062e148377 (April 12, 2020) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 62 Flight Engineer Jessica Meir poses for a portrait inside the International Space Station's "window to the world," the cupola. The orbiting lab was flying above the middle of the Pacific Ocean at the time this photograph was taken.
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S121-E-05881 (6 July 2006) --- Astronaut Lisa M. Nowak, STS-121 mission specialist, smiles at a crewmate in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
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Expedition 67 Flight Engineers (from left) Jessica Watkins of NASA and Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA (European Space Agency) are pictured inside the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) during cargo stowage activities.
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iss064e027787 (Jan. 28, 2021) --- NASA astronauts (from left) Shannon Walker and Kate Rubins collect leaf samples from plants growing inside the European Columbus laboratory. Space agriculture is key to the success and sustainability of future human missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
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Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) with NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann and Boeing Astronaut Chris Ferguson during ISS EVA Prep & Post 1 training.
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ISS014-E-13559 (8 Feb. 2007) --- Astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer, attired in his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, is photographed through a window of the Quest Airlock on the interior of the International Space Station. Astronaut Sunita L. Williams (out of frame), flight engineer, and Lopez-Alegria were about to begin the final of three sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) in nine days, as construction continues on the International Space Station.
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ISS042E243022 (02/11/2015) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, a Flight Engineer with Expedition 42, enjoys a sunrise through a window in the Cupola on the International Space Station.
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S127-E-006577 (17 July 2009) --- Astronaut Julie Payette, STS-127 mission specialist, temporarily occupies the pilot's station on the forward flight deck of the Space Shuttle Endeavour on ISS-docking day.
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iss060e019630 (7/29/2019) --- Photo documentation of the commercially developed and operated BioFabrication Facility (BFF) and the Advanced Space Experiment Processor (ADSEP). Together they comprise a 3D tissue bioprinting system aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
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. iss068e020320 (Oct. 31, 2022) --- Four Expedition 68 Flight Engineers dress up as popular video game and cartoon characters to celebrate Halloween fun aboard the International Space Station. Clockwise from left are, NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, Frank Rubio, and Josh Cassada with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata.
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S133-E-008307 (2 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, Expedition 26 flight engineer, is pictured near the Robonaut2 container in the newly-installed Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery (STS-133) remains docked with the station.
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iss062e004933 (Feb. 9, 2020) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 62 Flight Engineer Jessica Meir observes a floating sphere of water formed by microgravity inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module.
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ISS049e039316 (10/17/2016) --- NASA astronaut Kate Rubins watches a live video feed of the Orbital ATK CRS-5 launch on Oct. 17, 2016. The commercial companys Cygnus cargo craft launched atop the Antares rocket for the first time since a previous failure in Oct. 2014. Packed with more than 5,100 pounds of cargo, the spacecraft arrived at the station on October 23.
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ISS036-E-018120 (13 July 2013) --- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer, eats a meal at the galley in the Unity node of the International Space Station.
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S116-E-05579 (11 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Sunita L. Williams (left) and Joan E. Higginbotham, both STS-116 mission specialists, float arm-in-arm near Space Shuttle Discovery's hatch, which leads into the International Space Station. Rendezvous and docking operations between the shuttle and station occurred at 4:12 p.m. (CST) and the crew entered the orbital outpost at 5:54 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 11.
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. iss068e012464 (Oct. 5, 2022) --- ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 68 Commander Samantha Cristoforetti signs her name around the SpaceX CRS-25 mission insignia sticker affixed to the Harmony module's vestibule. Cristoforetti was aboard the International Space Station when the SpaceX Dragon resupply ship docked to Harmony's forward port on July 16, 2022, for a five-week cargo mission.
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iss049e008853 (9/23/2016) --- NASA astronaut Kate Rubins is photographed performing the second harvest of the Plant RNA Regulation experiment by removing the European Modular Cultivation System (EMCS) Seed Cassettes from EMCS Rotors A and B stowing them in an EMCS Cold Stowage Pouch. The Plant RNA Regulation investigation studies the first steps of gene expression involved in development of roots and shoots. Scientists expect to find new molecules that play a role in how plants adapt and respond to the microgravity environment of space, which provides new insight into growing plants for food and oxygen supplies on long-duration missions.