International Space Station Activities

Astronauts working within the International Space Station, focusing on experiments and equipment in a compact, high-tech environment.

ISS038-E-040103 (30 Jan. 2014) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer, prepares to install a Cubesat deployer, also known as the Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (SSOD), inside the airlock in the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory. The SSOD is scheduled to release a set of six tiny satellites known as NanoRacks Cubesats on Feb. 6. The Cubesats were delivered Jan. 12 aboard Orbital Sciences' Cygnus commercial cargo craft.

ISS040-E-014868 (18 June 2014) --- European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer, works with Fundamental and Applied Studies of Emulsion Stability (FASES) experiment hardware in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station. The emulsion study sponsored by ESA and located inside the Columbus laboratory Fluids Science Laboratory could lead to environmentally friendly products with industrial and space applications.

ISS020-E-050731 (9 Oct. 2009) --- Spaceflight participant Guy Laliberte is pictured in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS038-E-040103 (30 Jan. 2014) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer, prepares to install a Cubesat deployer, also known as the Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (SSOD), inside the airlock in the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory. The SSOD is scheduled to release a set of six tiny satellites known as NanoRacks Cubesats on Feb. 6. The Cubesats were delivered Jan. 12 aboard Orbital Sciences' Cygnus commercial cargo craft.

ISS015-E-11769 (10 June 2007) --- Cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, photographed near a hatch door in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. Shortly after this image was taken, the hatches were opened between the station and Space Shuttle Atlantis.

ISS038-E-040111 (31 Jan. 2014) --- NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 flight engineer, uses the Fluid Servicing System (FSS) to refill Internal Thermal Control System (ITCS) loops with fresh coolant in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS013-E-84518 (27 Sept. 2006) --- Astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer, works with cables in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

iss044e080051 (9/1/2015) --- NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren during the Multi-Purpose Small Payload Rack (MSPR)-2 installation in the Kibo Japanese Experiment Pressurized Module (JPM) aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The Multi Purpose Small Payload Rack-2 (MSPR-2) is a second multipurpose payload rack system used in the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM). Similar to the original MSPR (still in use), MSPR-2 has two workspaces and a work table that can be used for wide fields of space environment utilization including science and educational missions.

ISS036-E-015510 (5 July 2013) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 flight engineer, uses a computer in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS036-E-034881 (20 Aug. 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, works with Microgravity Science Laboratory (MSL) hardware in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

S130-E-010505 (18 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronauts George Zamka (foreground), STS-130 commander; and T.J. Creamer, Expedition 22 flight engineer, work in the Harmony node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.

S126-E-008890 (21 Nov. 2008) --- This image, recorded in the late evening hours of Nov. 21, Houston time, shows astronauts Eric Boe, left, and Steve Bowen on the mid deck of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Just a few hours after this photo was taken, Bowen was one of two astronauts who started prepping for the joint crews' third spacewalk (and Bowen's second) of the week. Members of the shuttle and station crews, commanded by astronauts Chris Ferguson and Michael Fincke, respectively, are spending close to two weeks in space together, accomplishing home improvement chores and a number of other tasks.

ISS038-E-025000 (3 Jan. 2014) --- NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, Expedition 38 flight engineer, speaks in a microphone while conducting a session with the Capillary Flow Experiment (CFE-2) in the Harmony node of the International Space Station. CFE is a suite of fluid physics experiments that investigate how fluids behave in microgravity which could benefit water and fuel delivery systems on future spacecraft. Scientists designed the CFE-2 to study properties of fluids and bubbles inside containers with a specific 3-D geometry.

ISS030-E-033548 (30 Dec. 2011) --- European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, Expedition 30 flight engineer, trims his hair in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station. Kuipers used hair clippers fashioned with a vacuum device to garner freshly cut hair.

ISS016-E-033637 (23 March 2008) --- European Space Agency astronaut Leopold Eyharts, STS-123 mission specialist, and astronaut Gregory H. Johnson, pilot, perform work at the robotics work station in the U.S. laboratory, Destiny.

iss050e014804 (12/7/2016) --- European Space Agency (ESA) Thomas Pesquet wearing sensor (Tonometer) connected to iPad during EVERYWEAR experiment, in the Columbus Module. The EveryWear system is an ambulatory data collection system making use of wearable sensors connected to a station iPad itself wirelessly synchronized with ground. This easy-use system should demonstrate extensive physiology data collection for both science and medical follow-up purpose by improving usability for the astronauts.

ISS030-E-074046 (12 Feb. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, performs in-flight maintenance on the Potable Water Dispenser (PWD) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS030-E-074062 (15 Feb. 2012) --- Robonaut 2, nicknamed R2, is pictured in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, uses a computer during R2s initial checkouts.

iss059e087829 (May 31, 2019) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques activates and tests a command panel in the U.S. Destiny laboratory module that will interface with arriving and departing SpaceX Crew Dragon vehicles. The device, officially known as the COTS UHF Communication Unit (CUCU) Crew Command Panel (CCP), allows International Space Station crewmembers to monitor and command the SpaceX commercial crew vehicles.

ISS040-E-019307 (25 June 2014) --- In the International Space Stations Kibo laboratory, European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer, prepares to transfer a multi-purpose experiment platform and a robotic arm known as the Small Fine Arm through the Kibo modules scientific airlock. The Small Fine Arm, which attaches to the Kibos larger main arm, handles delicate operations involved in exchanging experiments and payloads located on the Exposed Facility.

S129-E-006903 (20 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Mike Foreman, STS-129 mission specialist, uses a communication system while working in the Harmony node of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Atlantis remains docked with the station.

S122-E-008911 (15 Feb. 2008) --- European Space Agency astronaut Hans Schlegel, STS-122 mission specialist, continues work aimed toward readying the agency's new Columbus laboratory for duty aboard the International Space Station. A pictorial guidebook assists the astronaut in installing the lab's experiment racks.

ISS036-E-022390 (21 July 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, works with the Biolab in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS016-E-026869 (3 Feb. 2008) --- Astronaut Peggy Whitson, Expedition 16 commander, floats in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS030-E-074045 (12 Feb. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, performs in-flight maintenance on the Potable Water Dispenser (PWD) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS031-E-095918 (8 June 2012) --- NASA astronaut Joe Acaba, Expedition 31 flight engineer, cleans surface areas in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station.

ISS036-E-022406 (21 July 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, works with the Biolab in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

S126-E-009208 (23 Nov. 2008) --- Astronauts Steve Bowen (left), STS-126 mission specialist; and Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, work with EVA hardware in the Unity node of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.

ISS030-E-177227 (15 March 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, uses Neurospat hardware to perform a science session with the European Space Agency PASSAGES experiment in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station. PASSAGES is designed to test how astronauts interpret visual information in weightlessness. It aims at studying the effects of microgravity on the use of the 'Eye-Height' strategy for estimating allowed actions in an environment, and whether this could possibly decrease after a long exposure to weightlessness.

ISS025-E-013386 (9 Nov. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Shannon Walker, both Expedition 25 flight engineers, are pictured in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS017-E-019017 (13 Oct. 2008) --- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, Expedition 17 flight engineer, poses for a photo while floating in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

iss050e031138 (1/16/2017) --- A view of Cosmonaut Andrei Borisenko, and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet during set up and execution of Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) hardware dry run for the Zero Robotics, in the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Pressurized Module.

S124-E-006920 (6 June 2008) --- Astronauts Ken Ham (foreground), STS-124 pilot; Mark Kelly, commander; Mike Fossum (partially obscured, left) and Ron Garan (partially obscured, right), both mission specialists, work in the newly installed Kibo Japanese Pressurized Module while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station.

ISS040-E-010972 (12 June 2014) --- European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer, uses a computer while working on an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station.

iss064e020688 (Jan. 7, 2021) --- NASA astronaut Kate Rubins works in the Kibo laboratory module's Life Sciences Glovebox servicing samples of microbes for an experiment that seeks to understand the microbial risk to a spacecrafts environment.

STS055-106-056 (26 April-6 May 1993) --- Ulrich Walter, one of two payload specialists representing the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR) onboard Columbia, plants his socked feet into temporary foot restraints. Walter's headwear telltales his participation in a Tissue experiment. Fellow payload specialist Hans Schlegel prepares to take a photo in the background.

ISS026-E-016963 (11 Jan. 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri (foreground) and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, both Expedition 26 flight engineers, participate in an emergency scenarios drill in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS039-E-014696 (22 April 2014) --- Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA, works out on the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation System (CEVIS) in the U.S. lab Destiny of the International Space Station.

S127-E-006666 (17 July 2009) --- Astronaut Tom Marshburn, STS-127 mission specialist, positions a video camera in one of Endeavour's aft flight deck windows during flight day three activities.

iss052e009298 (Junr 28, 2017) --- Astronaut Peggy Whitson was pictured June 28 conducting a live video interview with reporters on Earth.

S114-E-7012 (4 August 2005) --- Astronaut Stephen K. Robinson (left), STS-114 mission specialist, holds a camera as he floats through the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Astronaut Wendy B. Lawrence, mission specialist, looks through a window at the Earth below.

S128-E-007138 (31 Aug. 2009) --- Astronaut John Danny” Olivas, STS-128 mission specialist, works near an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

STS095-E-5120 (2 Nov. 1998) --- Astronaut Steven W. Lindsey, STS-95 pilot, checks Astroculture notes in the Spacehab facility. The glove box facility can be seen near Lindsey's head. The photo was taken with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 05:18:21 GMT, Nov. 2.

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S133-E-007081 (27 Feb. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Eric Boe (left), STS-133 pilot; and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, Expedition 26 flight engineer, work in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

S135-E-007407 (11 July 2011) --- NASA astronauts Sandy Magnus, STS-135 mission specialist, and Chris Ferguson, commander, continue moving supplies and equipment, specifically in Node 2 or Harmony in this scene aboard the International Space Station. The orbital outpost and Atlantis have been docked for more than a day and will remain so for several more.

View of Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 Flight Engineer (FE), during remove and replace (R&R) of Hard Upper Torso (HUT) of Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), in the airlock (A/L) during preparation for EVA-24. Photo was taken during Expedition 38. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

S124-E-005413 (1 June 2008) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, STS-124 mission specialist, takes a moment for a photo on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day two activities.

ISS037-E-006475 (3 Oct. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 37 flight engineer, performs Body Mass Measurement activities using the Space Linear Acceleration Mass Measurement Device (SLAMMD) in the Columbus laboratory aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station.

ISS022-E-014695 (26 Dec. 2009) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, Expedition 22 flight engineer, uses a vacuum cleaner during housekeeping operations in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS028-E-030085 (22 Aug. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fossum (bottom) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, both Expedition 28 flight engineers, make preparations to power-up Robonaut 2 the first dexterous humanoid robot in space in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS040-E-018466 (24 June 2014) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev (left) and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, both Expedition 40 flight engineers, conduct a session of the Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites Zero Robotics (SPHERES ZR) program in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS028-E-005987 (28 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, STS-134 mission specialist, performs maintenance on the Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.

ISS034-E-063091 (9 March 2013) --- NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Expedition 34 flight engineer, and Kevin Ford (background), Expedition 34 commander, move the Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly through U.S. Laboratory (Destiny) hatch on the Earth-orbiting International Space Station.

ISS020-E-017981 (9 July 2009) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, Expedition 20 flight engineer, enters data into computers in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

S132-E-007999 (16 May 2010) --- NASA astronaut Tony Antonelli, STS-132 pilot, occupies the commanders station on the forward flight deck of space shuttle Atlantis during flight day three activities.

ISS013-E-84249 (23 Sept. 2006) --- Astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer, uses a computer in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS006-E-33073 (24 February 2003) --- Astronauts Kenneth D. Bowersox (right) and Donald R. Pettit, Expedition Six mission commander and NASA ISS science officer, respectively, participate in a scheduled extravehicular activity (EVA) development test objective (DTO) in the Quest Airlock on the International Space Station (ISS). The test demonstrated the ability of two crewmembers to safely get into the American Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit without the assistance of a third crewmember; that ability is a prerequisite to sending smaller crews to ISS while the space shuttle fleet remains grounded during the investigation of the Columbia accident. Bowersox and Pettit helped each other into their EMU spacesuits, donned jet backpacks called Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER), set up the necessary equipment for a pre-breathe of oxygen to purge nitrogen from their bloodstreams, and then got out of the spacesuits.

ISS030-E-122089 (6 March 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, opens a Contingency Water Container-Iodinated (CWC-I) bag in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS036-E-039421 (3 Sept. 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, works in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS017-E-021970 (23 Oct. 2008) --- Astronaut Greg Chamitoff, Expedition 18 flight engineer, takes a moment for a photo while working with camera equipment in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

S135-E-008850 (17 July 2011) --- This image shows NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, in the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module. The photo serves as the "after" shot following a great amount of work by joint crews from Atlantis and the International Space Station to transfer supplies to and from the two spacecraft. Approximately a week earlier Ferguson posed for the "before" version.

ISS020-E-030458 (13 Aug. 2009) --- Astronaut Tim Kopra, Expedition 20 flight engineer, looks over a checklist in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station.

ISS030-E-063957 (8 Feb. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, conducts a session with the Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-6 (BCAT-6) experiment in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

S130-E-005299 (8 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson, STS-130 mission specialist, is pictured on the aft flight deck of space shuttle Endeavour during flight day one activities.

ISS009-E-29087 (18 October 2004) --- Astronaut Edward M. (Mike) Fincke (partially obscured), Expedition 9 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, takes astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, through a familiarization session with the Mobile Service System (MSS) and hands-on experience with the Canadarm2, or Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS038-E-006668 (22 Nov. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy, Expedition 38 flight engineer, floats freely while working in the Russian segment of the International Space Station.

ISS020-E-037856 (2 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, Expedition 20 flight engineer, works in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-128) remains docked with the station.

ISS025-E-013977 (11 Nov. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Shannon Walker, Expedition 25 flight engineer, reads a checklist while working in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

S135-E-008870 (17 July 2011) --- This image shows NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, in the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module. The photo serves as the "after" shot following a great amount of work by joint crews from Atlantis and the International Space Station to transfer supplies to and from the two spacecraft. Approximately a week earlier Ferguson posed for the "before" version.

ISS022-E-006353 (5 Dec. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, Expedition 22 commander, performs a check of the Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) Beacon / Beacon Tester in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS024-E-015368 (24 Sept. 2010) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, Expedition 24 commander; and NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, flight engineer, 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 Skvortsov and Caldwell Dyson, along with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko (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.

S128-E-007465 (2 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronauts Rick Sturckow (foreground) and Jose Hernandez, STS-128 commander and mission specialist, respectively, work in the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM), temporarily attached to the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station. An empty Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit floats nearby inside the module.

ISS030-E-235473 (4 Jan. 2012) --- NASA astronauts Dan Burbank (foreground), Expedition 30 commander; and Don Pettit, flight engineer, work in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS030-E-117471 (2 Feb. 2012) --- European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, Expedition 30 flight engineer, performs scheduled in-flight maintenance on the Potable Water Dispenser (PWD) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

View of Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Chris Hadfield, Expedition 34 Flight Engineer (FE), using the Space Linear Acceleration Mass Measurement Device (SLAMMD) in the Columbus Module. Photo was taken during Expedition 34.

ISS036-E-014852 (3 July 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, works with spacewalk equipment in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station in preparation for the first of two sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) scheduled for July 9 and July 16.

ISS032-E-008696 (20 July 2012) --- NASA astronaut Joe Acaba, Expedition 32 flight engineer, talks on a microphone in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

. iss068e020515 (Nov. 3, 2022) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Josh Cassada is pictured inside the Harmony module's forward-facing international docking adapter where the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour crew ship is docked.

ISS013-E-14573 (4 May 2006) --- Astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams, Expedition 13 NASA space station science officer and flight engineer, conducts the first run of the Pore Formation and Mobility Investigation (PFMI) in the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS030-E-074042 (12 Feb. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, performs in-flight maintenance on the Potable Water Dispenser (PWD) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS040-E-001051 (26 May 2014) --- NASA astronaut Steve Swanson, Expedition 40 commander, works with equipment in the airlock in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. The JEM Robotic Maneuvering System Multi-Purpose Experiment Platform (JEMRMS MPEP) is visible at right.

S119-E-006981 (22 March 2009) --- Astronauts Joseph Acaba (left) and Steve Swanson, both STS-119 mission specialists, work in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station. Astronaut Richard Arnold (center background), mission specialist, photographs Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata (far background), Expedition 18 flight engineer, exercising in the Unity node.

ISS038-E-005962 (19 Nov. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 38 flight engineer, conducts a session with the Capillary Flow Experiment (CFE-2) in the Harmony node of the International Space Station. CFE is a suite of fluid physics experiments that investigate how fluids behave in microgravity which could benefit water and fuel delivery systems on future spacecraft. Scientists designed the Capillary Flow Experiment-2 to study properties of fluids and bubbles inside containers with a specific 3-D geometry.

View of Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 Flight Engineer (FE), exercising on the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (aRED), in the Node 3. Photo was taken during Expedition 38. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

ISS036-E-005387 (1 June 2013) --- It's haircut day for Expedition 36 Commander Pavel Vinogradov, a cosmonaut with Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), in the Unity node aboard the International Space Station. Doing the honors as his barber is Roscosmos cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, flight engineer for Expedition 36, who will take over command of the orbital outpost when Vinogradov returns to Earth in September.

ISS024-E-006459 (24 June 2010) --- NASA astronaut Shannon Walker, Expedition 24 flight engineer, works in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

iss055e009927 (April 4, 2018) --- Astronaut Scott Tingle watches the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft arrive from inside the seven-windowed Cupola moments before capturing it with the Canadarm2 robotic arm.

ISS034-E-029961 (15 Jan. 2013) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield, Expedition 34 flight engineer, prepares to set up the ISS SERVIR Environmental Research and Visualization System (ISERV) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. ISERV is a fully automated image data acquisition system that flies aboard the space station and deploys in the Window Observational Research Facility (WORF) rack within Destiny. The study is expected to provide useful images for use in disaster monitoring and assessment and environmental decision making.

ISS022-E-020762 (7 Jan. 2010) --- Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, Expedition 22 flight engineer, works with extravehicular activity (EVA) equipment and Russian Orlan spacesuits in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station.

iss059e001044 (March 18, 2019) --- Astronaut David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency works on a pair of U.S. spacesuits inside the Quest airlock ahead of a trio of spacewalks to upgrade power systems on the International Space Station.

ISS031-E-095943 (9 June 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit (left) and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, both Expedition 31 flight engineers, eat a snack in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

ISS031-E-084668 (15 May 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko (center), Expedition 31 commander; along with European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers (left) and NASA astronaut Don Pettit, both flight engineers, eat a snack while floating freely in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

ISS037-E-001110 (15 Sept. 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 37 flight engineer, installs the Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) Centerline Berthing Camera System (CBCS) inside the International Space Stations Harmony node.

ISS020-E-006212 (1 June 2009) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata (left) and NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, both Expedition 20 flight engineers, work in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.

ISS021-E-029848 (18 Nov. 2009) --- Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, Expedition 21 flight engineer, is pictured in the Harmony node shortly after Space Shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station docked in space and the hatches were opened on Nov. 18, 2009. NASA astronaut Mike Foreman, STS-129 mission specialist, is visible in the background.

ISS038-E-045622 (10 Feb. 2014) --- NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 flight engineer, works with the Synchronized Position, Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites-Resonant Inductive Near-field Generation System (SPHERES-RINGS) experiment gear in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

iss058e026473 (2/27/2019) --- Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut David Saint-Jacques is shown in the Columbus module aboard the International Space Station (ISS) during the Vection experiment. The objective of The Effect of Long Duration Hypogravity on the Perception of Self-Motion (VECTION) study is to determine to what extent an astronaut's ability to visually interpret motion, orientation, and distance may be disrupted in a microgravity environment, and how it may adapt, and how it may be changed upon return to Earth. Multiple experimental time points inflight and upon return to Earth allows for the adaptation and recovery process to be investigated.

iss053e238891 (Nov. 7, 2017) --- Expedition 53 Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli, from the European Space Agency, tests a personal radiation shielding garment. Water is used for its shielding properties and filled inside garment containers covering organs that are especially sensitive to cosmic radiation.

iss060e073417 (Sept. 19, 2019) --- NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Nick Hague are pictured inside the U.S. Destiny laboratory module. Hague was setting up the Microgravity Sciences Glovebox to begin operations for the Ring-Sheared Drop experiment to understand how fluids flow in the human body and other materials. Koch had finished an exercise session after jogging on the COLBERT (Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill).

ISS004-E-10027 (12 April 2002) --- Astronauts Daniel W. Bursch (left), Expedition Four flight engineer, and Lee M. E. Morin, STS-110 mission specialist, move equipment in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). Astronaut Jerry L. Ross, STS-110 mission specialist, is visible in the background.

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