Astronauts in Space

Photos of astronauts working aboard the International Space Station, engaging in tests and experiments related to neuroscience and combustion research.

ISS037-E-026919 (4 Nov. 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 37 flight engineer, works with the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) Multi-user Drop Combustion Apparatus (MDCA) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
ISS037-E-026919 (4 Nov. 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 37 flight engineer, works with the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) Multi-user Drop Combustion Apparatus (MDCA) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
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iss052e013146 (July 10, 2017) --- Astronaut Jack Fischer is photographed during setup of hardware for the Capillary Structures for Exploration Life Support (Capillary Structures) two sorbent demonstrations. The Capillary Structures for Exploration Life Support (Capillary Structures) investigation studies a new method using structures of specific shapes to manage fluid and gas mixtures. The investigation studies water recycling and carbon dioxide removal, benefiting future efforts to design lightweight, more reliable life support systems for future space missions.
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ISS018-E-041443 (21 March 2009) --- Attired in his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, astronaut Joseph Acaba, STS-119 mission specialist, is pictured in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station as the mission's second session of extravehicular activity (EVA) draws to a close.
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STS104-E-5022 (14 July 2001) --- Astronaut Michael L. Gernhardt, STS-104 mission specialist, gathers flight data prior to rendezvous between the Space Shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station (ISS). A crew mate took this picture with a digital still camera.
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(12-22 Jan. 1997) --- Astronaut John M. Grunsfeld, STS-81 mission specialist, mans the pilot's station on the Space Shuttle Atlantis' flight deck during rendezvous operations with Russia's Mir Space Station..
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S117-E-09046 (19 June 2007) --- Astronaut Steven Swanson, STS-117 mission specialist, occupies the commander's station on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day 12 activities.
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STS089-375-018 (22-31 Jan. 1998) --- Astronaut Terrence W. (Terry) Wilcutt, STS-89 mission commander, uses a battery-powered razor to shave aboard the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Endeavour.
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S127-E-006604 (17 July 2009) --- Astronaut Doug Hurley, STS-127 pilot, on Endeavour's flight deck during flight day 3.
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ISS009-E-10906 (9 June 2004) --- Cosmonaut Gennady I. Padalka, Expedition 9 commander representing Russia’s Federal Space Agency, is pictured with his Russian Orlan spacesuit in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station (ISS). Extravehicular activity (EVA) is scheduled for June 24.
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STS099-308-034 (11-22 February 2000) ---Astronaut Mamoru Mohri, mission specialist, is about to use the High Definition Television (HDTV) camera on Endeavour's middeck. The National Space Development Agency's (NASDA) astronaut supported the Blue Team during the SRTM flight. Endeavour's galley can be seen in the background.
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S128-E-006516 (29 Aug. 2009) --- Astronaut Rick Sturckow, STS-128 commander, holds a rendezvous procedure manual while occupying the commanders station on the forward flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day two activities.
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Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 66 Commander Anton Shkaplerov poses with a ruler and color chart aboard the International Space Station's Unity module. The ruler and chart are used for the SQuARES study looking at how crew members use different objects and spaces over time. This investigation may provide information that helps improve the design of future space craft and habitats.
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ISS037-E-010907 (6 Oct. 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 37 flight engineer, uses a tool to open a container in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station.
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ISS026-E-034311 (15 March 2011) --- European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, Expedition 26/27 flight engineer, poses with Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
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S134-E-011006 (30 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, STS-134 commander, is pictured on the flight deck of space shuttle Endeavour during undocking and fly-around operations with the International Space Station on flight day 15.
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ISS020-E-006150 (3 June 2009) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, Expedition 20 flight engineer, performs in-flight maintenance in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
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S99-E-5719 (18 February 2000) --- Astronaut Kevin R. Kregel, mission commander, on the mid deck of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. A series of electronic stills was taken of the STS-99 indiviaul crew members on the day they got the good news from flight controllers in Houston that Shuttle Radar Topograpy Mission (SRTM) mapping time had been extended.
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S123-E-008765 (23 March 2008) --- Astronaut Dominic Gorie, STS-123 commander, points to the STS-123 patch which was previously added to the growing collection of insignias representing crews who have performed spacewalks from the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station.
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(7 - 19 August 1997) --- Payload specialist Bjarni Tryggvason of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) shows off the Microgravity Vibration Isolation Mount (MIM) fluid disk. One of five fluid loop experiments (FLEX), this one deals with the growth of resonance patterns (GORP) in gaseous liquid systems..
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S96-E-5162 (2 June 1999) --- Astronaut Kent V. Rominger, mission commander, eyes the end of chores designed to prepare the International Space Station (ISS) for occupation. The photo was taken with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 05:58:53 GMT, June 2, 1999.
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iss061e012956 (Oct. 23, 2019) --- This past week NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan watered the plant pillows in which Mizuna mustard greens are growing for the Veg-04B experiment. Veg-04B focuses on the effects of light quality and fertilizer on the leafy Mizuna crop, microbial food safety, nutritional value and the taste acceptability by the crew. The space botany research is also informing NASA how to provide fresh food for crews on long-term space missions.
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iss063e084515 (Sept. 4, 2020) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy poses with two Astrobee robotic assistants during visual and navigation tests inside the Kibo laboratory module from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency).
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ISS043E182212 (05/08/2015) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 43 commander Terry Virts takes a drink of his very first milkshake onboard the International Space Station.
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STS103-E-5243 (22 December 1999) ---Astronaut John M. Grunsfeld, mission specialist, on Discovery's mid deckwearing the thermal undergarment whichcomplements the extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) space suit. Grunsfeld joinedastronaut Steven L. Smith for the firstscheduled space walk on this the third NASA visit to HST. This photo was taken with an electronic still camera (ESC).
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S100-E-5034 (21 April 2001) --- Astronauts Kent V. Rominger (background), STS-100 commander, and John L. Phillips, mission specialist, are seen on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Endeavour as the crew anticipates its union with the International Space Station (ISS). Assigned space-walking astronauts Chris A. Hadfield and Scott E. Parazynski (both out of frame) were later joined on the middeck by spacewalk coordinator Phillips in conducting some final checks of the suits and hardware that were to be used during the next day's planned 6-hour, 30-minute spacewalk. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS070-333-016 (13-22 JULY 1995) --- At the space shuttle Discoverys galley on the middeck, astronaut Terence T. (Tom) Henricks, mission commander, prepares to rehydrate a package of broccoli au gratin. A packet of punch and another beverage pouch filled with lemonade can be seen temporarily stowed on locker exteriors nearby.
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ISS002-E-5730 (23 March 2001) --- Cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev, Expedition Two commander, works at a laptop computer in his crew compartment in the Zvezda Service Module aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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STS064-08-032 (10 Sept. 1994) --- At the commander's station on the space shuttle Discovery's forward flight deck, astronaut Richard N. Richards, STS-64 mission commander, initiates a thruster firing of the spacecraft during operations with the Shuttle Plume Impingement Flight Experiment (SPIFEX).
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All smiles, Expedition 33/34 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA climbs the ladder to the Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft in the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan October 18, 2012 during the completion of the final fit check” dress rehearsal prior to his launch. Ford, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin will be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome October 23 for a five-month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Victor Zelentsov
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ISS034-E-062051 (3 March 2013) --- Taking advantage of a weightless environment onboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station, Expedition 34 Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency juggles some tomatoes, which he probably considers to be among the more delicious components of a recent "package" that arrived from Earth on March 3. The SpaceX Dragon 2 spacecraft brought up a large shipment of food and other supplies, and the spacecraft will remain docked to the station for three weeks. Hadfield is in Node 1 or Unity. The U.S. lab or Destiny is in the background.
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ISS019-E-010230 (24 April 2009) --- Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 19/20 commander, is pictured near the OBR-1-1/Fizika-LT (Letaushaya Tarelka/Flying Disk) educational experiment, also called UFO, floating freely in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. The OBR-1-1 is part of the OBRAZOVANIE (Education) suite of three educational demonstrations of physics in microgravity.
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S115-E-06001 (14 Sept. 2006) --- Astronaut Daniel C. Burbank, STS-115 mission specialist, works on the aft flight deck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis during the sixth day in space for theshuttle crew.
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S77-E-5078 (24 May 1996) --- On the Space Shuttle Endeavour's aft flight deck, astronaut Mario Runco, Jr., mission specialist, grabs a hand-held 70mm camera and prepares to take still pictures of an Earth observation target of opportunity. A pair of windows just out of frame above Runco's head provide the crew members with a prime operating perspective of Earth observation targets. A crew mate exposed the image with an Electronic Still Camera (ESC).
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ISS025-E-011211 (3 Nov. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, Expedition 25 flight engineer, is pictured near fresh fruit floating freely in the Unity node of the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock, commander, is visible in the background.
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ISS033-E-006438 (21 Sept. 2012) --- In the International Space Stations Kibo laboratory, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 33 flight engineer, sets up a video camcorder in support of a ground checkout of the Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (SSOD) installed on the Multi-Purpose Experiment Platform (MPEP) of the extended slide table of the Kibo airlock.
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ISS010-E-08482 (23 November 2004) --- Cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov, Expedition 10 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, holds a still camera while using a communication system in the Unity node of the International Space Station (ISS).
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S130-E-006889 (10 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Robert Behnken, STS-130 mission specialist, is pictured in the reflection of a mirror on the middeck of space shuttle Endeavour while docked with the International Space Station.
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ISS036-E-025453 (29 July 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Expedition 36 flight engineer, works on various science and maintenance activities in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
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3 June 2009. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) Astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 20 Flight Engineer, Holds Chopsticks Near Two Food Containers Floating Freely In Unity Node Of The International Space Station.
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ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer (wearing soccer shirt), is photographed during ATV equipment preparation in the Service Module (SM) prior to ATV launch.
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ISS006-E-50612 (28 April 2003) --- Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition Seven mission commander, is pictured holding a spoon while a can of food floats nearby in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Malenchenko represents Rosaviakosmos.
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STS102-321-019 (8-21 March 2001) --- Cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev, Expedition Two commander representing Rosaviakosmos is photographed on the mid deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station (ISS).
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STS051-26-002 (12-22 Sept 1993) --- Astronaut James H. Newman, mission specialist, shows off a latch hook for a tether device used during the STS-51 extravehicular activity (EVA) on September 16, 1993. Newman, on Discovery's middeck, appears surrounded by sleep restraints.
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STS98-E-5038 (9 February 2001) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, mission specialist, stays busy at a makeshift supply depot on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis during rendezvous and docking operations with the International Space Station (ISS). The scene was recorded with a digital still camera.
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ISS016-E-036382 (17 April 2008) --- Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, Expedition 16 flight engineer, poses for a photo after signing the Expedition 16 patch, which was added to the growing collection of insignias representing crews who performed spacewalks from the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station.
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ISS028-E-020222 (1 Aug. 2011) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 28 flight engineer, poses for a photo while holding extravehicular activities (EVA) camera equipment in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.
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S127-E-007384 (21 July 2009) --- Judging by the countenance of astronaut Doug Hurley, things are going relatively well for the 13 crew members of the joint station-shuttleaggregation. Hurley, STS-127 pilot, is pictured on Endeavour's mid deck while most of the crewmembers are busy on the orbital outpost. Crew members worked a great deal of robotics issues on this day, working from inside to move hardware around on the outside.
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ISS022-E-100617 (17 March 2010) --- NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams (right), Expedition 22 commander; and Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, flight engineer, wave good-bye to their crewmates on the International Space Station from inside their docked Soyuz spacecraft. Suraev, the Soyuz commander, was at the controls of the spacecraft as it undocked from the station's Poisk module at 4:03 a.m. (EDT) on March 18, 2010.
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ISS008-E-21908 (12 April 2004)--- Astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 commander and NASA ISS science officer, poses beside the pea plants growing in the Lada-4 greenhouse as part of the BIO-5 Rasteniya-2 (Plants-2) experiment located in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
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ISS020-E-033472 (21 Aug. 2009) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, Expedition 20 flight engineer, prepares to perform in-flight maintenance (IFM) on the oxygen generator system (OGS) rack in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
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JSC2007-E-46535 (18 Sept. 2007) --- Astronaut Daniel M. Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer, dons a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center. European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespoli, STS-120 mission specialist, assisted Tani who is scheduled to join Expedition 16 after launching to the International Space Station on mission STS-120.
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iss063e084529 (Sept. 4, 2020) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy poses with two Astrobee robotic assistants during visual and navigation tests inside the Kibo laboratory module from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency).
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Expedition 47 ESA crewmember Tim Peake aiding fellow astronauts Expedition 48 crew member (Soyuz 46) Jeff Williams and CSA astronaut David Saint-Jacques during ISS EVA P/P training in Space Vehicle Mockup Training Facility (SVMTF) ISS Airlock mockup with instructor Megan Murphey. Photo Date: September 23, 2014. Location: Building 9NW, ISS Airlock.
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NASA astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Bob Hines enjoys a personal size pizza during dinner time aboard the International Space Station.
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S117-E-07902 (18 June 2007) --- Astronaut Rick Sturckow, commander, pauses for a crewmate to take his picture during one of the rare moments of leisure during the STS-117 mission, following the crew's return to the Space Shuttle Atlantis. In chorus with the cosmonauts and astronauts on the International Space Station, Sturckow's crew earlier had successfully carried off four sessions of extravehicular activity to perform important work on the ISS. Crews aboard the space shuttle Atlantis and the space station bid farewell to one another and closed the hatches between their spacecraft at 5:51 p.m. on this day in preparation for the shuttle's departure the following morning at 9:42 a.m. The hatch closing wrapped up eight days of docked operations.
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ISS019-E-019380 (22 May 2009) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 19/20 flight engineer, squeezes a bubble out of his beverage container in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
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STS103-329-018 (19-27 December 1999) --- Astronaut Curtis L. Brown Jr., mission commander, on Discovery's mid deck holding a drink bag.
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iss063e103926 (Oct. 5, 2020) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy unpacks fresh fruit and other food items shipped aboard the Northrop Grumman Cygnus space freighter to the International Space Station.