International Space Station Activities

Images depict astronauts performing extravehicular activities around the International Space Station, showcasing space construction, Earth’s horizon, and spacecraft interactions.

iss059e061425 (May 13, 2019) --- The Canadarm2 robotic arm with its robotic hand, also known as Dextre, attached for fine-tuned robotics work extends across the frame as the International Space Station orbited 256 miles above the Atlantic Ocean. The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship is pictured at right berthed to the Harmony module.

ISS020-E-038055 (3 Sept. 2009) --- A portion of the International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by a space walking astronaut during the STS-128 missions second session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the station. The blackness of space and Earths horizon provide the backdrop for the scene.

STS112-E-05108 (10 October 2002) --- Astronaut Piers J. Sellers, STS-112 mission specialist, works on the Starboard One (S1) Truss, newly installed on the International Space Station (ISS). Astronaut David A. Wolf (out of frame), mission specialist, worked in tandem with Sellers during the spacewalk. STS-112s first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) lasted 7 hours and 1 minute.

ISS040-E-038897 (5 July 2014) --- One of the Expedition 40 crew members onboard the International Space Station photographed this image of Super Typhoon Neoguri headed toward Japan at 21:58:27 GMT on July 5, 2014. A Russian Progress vehicle, docked to the orbital outpost, is in the foreground.

ISS022-E-066885 (17 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Nicholas Patrick, STS-130 mission specialist, participates in the missions third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 48-minute spacewalk, Patrick and astronaut Robert Behnken (out of frame), mission specialist, completed all of their planned tasks, removing insulation blankets and removing launch restraint bolts from each of the Cupolas seven windows.

ISS040-E-055519 (9 July 2014) --- The Canadarm2 is pictured in this image photographed by an Expedition 40 crew member on the International Space Station. At the time the image was taken, NASA astronaut Steve Swanson, commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, flight engineer, were practicing grapple procedures with the Canadarm2 in the Cupola in preparation for the upcoming arrival of the Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo craft.

iss059e061425 (May 13, 2019) --- The Canadarm2 robotic arm with its robotic hand, also known as Dextre, attached for fine-tuned robotics work extends across the frame as the International Space Station orbited 256 miles above the Atlantic Ocean. The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship is pictured at right berthed to the Harmony module.

ISS034-E-060622 (3 March 2013) --- This is one of a series of photos taken by the Expedition 34 crew members aboard the International Space Station during the March 3 approach, capture and docking of the SpaceX Dragon. Thus the spacecraft begins its scheduled three-week-long stay at the orbiting space station.

ISS039-E-013540 (20 April 2014) --- This is one of an extensive series of still photos documenting the arrival and ultimate capture and berthing of the SpaceX Dragon at the International Space Station, as photographed by the Expedition 39 crew members onboard the orbital outpost. The spacecraft was captured by the space station and successfully berthed, following the April 20 arrival.

S118-E-07026 (13 Aug. 2007) --- Canadian Space Agency's astronaut Dave Williams (left) and astronaut Rick Mastracchio (center), both STS-118 mission specialists, participate in the mission's second planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. Williams is anchored to the foot restraint on the stations' Canadarm2. During the 6-hour, 28-minute spacewalk, Williams and Mastracchio removed a faulty control moment gyroscope (CMG-3) and installed a new CMG into the station's Z1 truss. The failed CMG will remain at its temporary stowage location on the station's exterior until it is returned to Earth on a later shuttle mission. The new gyroscope is one of four CMGs that are used to control the station's attitude in orbit.

This image of the International Space Station (ISS) was photographed by one of the crewmembers of the STS-112 mission following separation from the Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis as the orbiter pulled away from the ISS. The primary payloads of this mission, International Space Station Assembly Mission 9A, were the Integrated Truss Assembly S1 (S-One), the Starboard Side Thermal Radiator Truss, and the Crew Equipment Translation Aid (CETA) cart to the ISS. The S1 truss provides structural support for the orbiting research facility's radiator panels, which use ammonia to cool the Station's complex power system. The S1 truss was attached to the S0 (S Zero) truss, which was launched on April 8, 2002 aboard the STS-110, and flows 637 pounds of anhydrous ammonia through three heat-rejection radiators. The truss is 45-feet long, 15-feet wide, 10-feet tall, and weighs approximately 32,000 pounds. The CETA cart was attached to the Mobil Transporter and will be used by assembly crews on later mi

STS115-318-026 (17 Sept. 2006) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth's horizon, the International Space Station moves away from Space Shuttle Atlantis. Earlier the STS-115 and Expedition 13 crews concluded six days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 7:50 a.m. (CDT) on Sept. 17, 2006. Atlantis left the station with a new, second pair of 240-foot solar wings, attached to a new 17.5-ton section of truss with batteries, electronics and a giant rotating joint. The new solar arrays eventually will double the station's onboard power when their electrical systems are brought online during the next shuttle flight, planned for launch in December.

STS088-318-023 (4-15 December 1998) --- This photograph taken out the window of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Endeavour shows the two astronaut spacewalkers, during one of three extravehicular activity (EVA) sessions, readying the recently-connected Russian-built FGB Module (Zarya) and the United States-built Unity Module (Node 1). The two EVA astronauts are mission specialists James H. Newman (right)and Jerry L. Ross (lower left with red stripe on suit).

. iss068e026379 (Dec. 3, 2022) --- The International Space Station was orbiting 271 miles above the southern Pacific Ocean when NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Josh Cassada captured this photograph of the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module, the Prichal docking module, and the Soyuz MS-22 crew ship during a spacewalk.

ISS034-E-060629 (3 March 2013) --- This is one of a series of photos taken by the Expedition 34 crew members aboard the International Space Station during the March 3 approach, capture and docking of the SpaceX Dragon. Thus the spacecraft begins its scheduled three-week-long stay at the orbiting space station.

ISS021-E-016836 (30 Oct. 2009) --- Backdropped by Earths horizon and the blackness of space, the International Space Station's Canadarm2 (mostly obscured) unberths the unpiloted Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) in preparation for its release from the station. European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 21 commander; NASA astronaut Nicole Stott and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, both flight engineers, used the stations robotic arm to grab the HTV cargo craft, filled with trash and unneeded items, and unberth it from the Harmony nodes nadir port. The HTV was successfully unberthed at 10:18 a.m. (CDT) on Oct. 30, 2009, and released from the stations Canadarm2 at 12:32 p.m. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft, docked to the station, is visible in the foreground.

ISS047e109559 (05/11/2016) --- The SpaceX Dragon is seen berthed to the Earth-facing side of the stations Harmony module shortly before departure. The vehicle was ultimately released by Expedition 47 robotic arm operator Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) at 9:18 a.m. EDT. Dragon returned to Earth carrying more than 3,700 pounds of NASA cargo and science samples from human research, biology and biotechnology studies, physical science investigations and education activities sponsored by NASA and the U.S. national laboratory.

iss060e022993 (Aug. 6, 2019) --- The Cygnus resupply spacecraft from Northrop Grumman is shown grappled by the Canadarm2 robotic arm following its detachment from the Unity module and just before release. Behind the robotic arm, the SpaceX Dragon is seen still attached to the Unity module of the International Space Station.

ISS022-E-059303 (9 Feb. 2010) --- Backdropped by a blue and white part of Earth, space shuttle Endeavour is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 22 crew member as the shuttle approaches the International Space Station during STS-130 rendezvous and docking operations. Docking occurred at 11:06 p.m. (CST) on Feb. 9, 2010. A docked Russian spacecraft is at upper right.

ISS040-E-055529 (9 July 2014) --- The Canadarm2 is pictured in this image photographed by an Expedition 40 crew member on the International Space Station. At the time the image was taken, NASA astronaut Steve Swanson, commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, flight engineer, were practicing grapple procedures with the Canadarm2 in the Cupola in preparation for the upcoming arrival of the Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo craft.

Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer, using a digital still camera during the final of three sessions of extravehicular activity

iss055e006234 (March 29, 2018) --- The Russian segment of the International Space Station is photographed as the complex orbited off the northwest coast of Spain. The dominant Russian segment features seen in this picture include the Pirs docking compartment and the solar arrays belonging to the Zarya and Zvezda modules.

ISS022-E-066872 (17 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Nicholas Patrick, STS-130 mission specialist, participates in the missions third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 48-minute spacewalk, Patrick and astronaut Robert Behnken (out of frame), mission specialist, completed all of their planned tasks, removing insulation blankets and removing launch restraint bolts from each of the Cupolas seven windows.

Earth observation taken by the Expedition 35 crew aboard the ISS. The Moon and Canadarm2 Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) are in view.

ISS046e043433 (02/19/2016) --- The Expedition 46 crew took out the trash recently when it released the Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft from the grips of the International Space Stations Canadarm2 robotic arm. Cygnus was filled with roughly 1.5 tons of trash and discarded gear before the hatches were closed. Ground controllers then remotely guided the Canadarm2 to grapple Cygnus and detach it from the Unity module. NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Tim Kopra commanded the Canadarm2 to release Cygnus Feb 19, at 7:26 a.m. EST when it began gracefully departing the vicinity of the station. Cygnus ultimately burned up during reentry through the Earths atmosphere on Saturday, Feb 20. This was Orbital ATKs fourth commercial resupply mission.

ISS041-E-046700 (29 Sept. 2014) --- An Expedition 41 crew member aboard the International Space Station photographed this view of the SpaceX Dragon cargo ship docked to the nadir port of the Harmony node as the station's Canadarm2 and the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator prepare to remove external cargo from Dragon. Earths horizon and the blackness of space provide the backdrop for the scene.

ISS015-E-22551 (15 Aug. 2007) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space and a blue and white Earth, Space Shuttle Endeavour, docked to the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station, is featured in this image photographed by a crewmember during the STS-118 mission's third planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA). The shuttle's Canadian-built Remote Manipulator System (RMS) robotic arm and station's Canadarm2 are also featured in the scene. The SPACEHAB pressurized logistics module is visible in Endeavour's payload bay.

The Soyuz MS-21 crew ship is picture docked to the Prichal docking module as the International Space Station flew into an orbital sunset 271 miles above the Indian Ocean south of Cape Town, South Africa.

ISS019-E-017623 (15 May 2009) --- A portion of the International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 19 crewmember aboard the station. Earths horizon and the blackness of space provide the backdrop for the scene.

ISS027-E-036809 (23 May 2011) --- This image of the International Space Station and the docked space shuttle Endeavour, flying at an altitude of approximately 220 miles, was taken by Expedition 27 crew member Paolo Nespoli from the Soyuz TMA-20 following its undocking on May 23, 2011 (USA time). The pictures taken by Nespoli are the first taken of a shuttle docked to the International Space Station from the perspective of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Onboard the Soyuz were Russian cosmonaut and Expedition 27 commander Dmitry Kondratyev; Nespoli, a European Space Agency astronaut; and NASA astronaut Cady Coleman. Coleman and Nespoli were both flight engineers. The three landed in Kazakhstan later that day, completing 159 days in space.

Earth Observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 40 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Folder lists this as Moon, Japan, Kamchatka with a wild cloud. Part of the U.S. Lab and PMM are also visible.

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S115-E-05562 (12 Sept. 2006) --- Astronauts Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper (image center) and Joseph R. Tanner (partially obscured, upper left), both STS-115 mission specialists, participate in the first of three sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction resumes on the International Space Station.

ISS043E122264 (04/17/2015) --- The Canadarm 2 reaches out to grapple the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft and prepare it to be pulled into its port on the International Space Station. Robotics officers at Mission Control, in the Johnson Space Center Houston Texas will command the Canadarm2 robotic arm to maneuver Dragon to its installation position at the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module where it will reside for the next five weeks.

ISS028-E-005527 (25 May 2011) --- The International Space Stations Tranquility node and Cupola are featured in this image photographed by a spacewalker during the STS-134 missions third session of extravehicular activity (EVA). Earths horizon and the blackness of space provide the backdrop for the scene.

ISS022-E-066880 (17 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Nicholas Patrick, STS-130 mission specialist, participates in the missions third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 48-minute spacewalk, Patrick and astronaut Robert Behnken (out of frame), mission specialist, completed all of their planned tasks, removing insulation blankets and removing launch restraint bolts from each of the Cupolas seven windows.

ISS040-E-123158 (2 Sept. 2014) --- A portion of the Russian segment of the International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 40 crew member onboard the station. A blue and white part of Earth and the blackness of space provide the backdrop for the scene.

ISS048e042926 (07/24/2016) --- The SpaceX Dragon is attached to the International Space Station, while inside the station the crew of Expedition 48 continue to off load the nearly 5000 pounds of supplies, hardware and experiments.

ISS027-E-036673 (23 May 2011) --- This image of the International Space Station and the docked space shuttle Endeavour, flying at an altitude of approximately 220 miles, was taken by Expedition 27 crew member Paolo Nespoli from the Soyuz TMA-20 following its undocking on May 23, 2011 (USA time). The pictures taken by Nespoli are the first taken of a shuttle docked to the International Space Station from the perspective of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Onboard the Soyuz were Russian cosmonaut and Expedition 27 commander Dmitry Kondratyev; Nespoli, a European Space Agency astronaut; and NASA astronaut Cady Coleman. Coleman and Nespoli were both flight engineers. The three landed in Kazakhstan later that day, completing 159 days in space.

S128-E-007182 (1 Sept. 2009) --- Astronauts John Danny” Olivas and Nicole Stott (partially obscured at top), both STS-128 mission specialists, participate in the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 35-minute spacewalk, Olivas and Stott removed an empty ammonia tank from the station’s truss and temporarily stowed it on the station’s robotic arm. Olivas and Stott also retrieved the European Technology Exposure Facility (EuTEF) and Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE) from the Columbus laboratory module and installed them on Discovery’s payload bay for return. The blackness of space and Earth’s horizon provide the backdrop for the scene.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 34 crewmember.

. iss068e014600 (Oct. 8, 2022) --- The Soyuz MS-22 crew ship is pictured in the foreground docked to the Rassvet module as the International Space Station orbited 264 miles above Europe. In the background, is the Prichal docking module attached to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module.

iss047e120450 (5/16/2016) --- Photographic documentation of NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer Number 8 Deployment Operations. The tiny four-inch and about three-pound cube satellite named St. Thomas More School Cathedral Satellite-1 (STMSat-1) is delivered by a resupply rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) where it is deployed by an ISS NanoRacks launcher into its own orbit to capture images and transmit them back to the schools around the world for research and teaching purposes in math and science.

ISS007-E-05452 (14 May 2003) --- The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft, docked to the functional cargo block (FGB) nadir port on the International Space Station (ISS), was photographed by an Expedition Seven crewmember. The blackness of space and Earths horizon provide the backdrop for the scene.

Earth observation taken by Expedition 68 crew. iss068e02492 (Nov. 21, 2022) --- The International Space Station's fine-tuned robotic hand, the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM), also known as Dextre, is pictured attached to the U.S. Destiny laboratory module as the orbiting lab flew 270 miles above the southern Pacific Ocean. Dextre is part of the station's Mobile Servicing System, also comprised of the Canadarm2 robotic arm and the Mobile Base System, provided by the Canadian Space Agency.

STS096-330-004 (30 May 1999) --- Astronaut Tamara E. Jernigan, mission specialist, is backdropped over the Aegean Sea as she handles the American-built crane which she helped to install on the International Space Station (ISS) during the May 30th space walk. Jernigan's feet are anchored to a mobile foot restraint connected to the Space Shuttle Discovery's Canadian-built Remote Manipulator System (RMS). Jernigan was joined by astronaut Daniel T. Barry, mission specialist, for the lengthy extravehicular activity (EVA). Parts of Greece, Turkey and the Dardenelles are visible some 171 nautical miles below the docked tandem of Discovery and the ISS.

S114-E-7200 (6 August 2005) --- The International Space Station is backdropped against a heavily cloud-covered part of Earth as the orbital outpost moves away from the Space Shuttle Discovery. Earlier, the crews of the two spacecraft concluded nine days of cooperative work. As the Shuttle moved away to a distance of about 400 feet, astronaut James M. Kelly, pilot, began a slow fly-around of the Station, while cameras on each spacecraft captured video and still images of the other. Undocking occurred at 2:24 a.m. (CDT), August 6, 2005.

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STS097-704-090 (9 December 2000) --- This picture of the distant International Space Station (ISS) blended against the darkness of space and the blue Earth at its horizon is one of a series of 70mm frames exposed of the station following undocking at 1:13 p.m. (CST), December 9, 2000. This series of images, as well as video and digital still imagery taken at the same time, represent the first imagery of the entire station with its new solar array panels deployed. Before separation, the shuttle and space station had been docked to one another for 6 days, 23 hours and 13 minutes. Endeavour moved downward from the space station, then began a tail-first circle at a distance of about 500 feet. The maneuver, with pilot Michael J. Bloomfield at the controls, took about an hour. While Endeavour flew that circle, the two spacecraft, moving at five miles a second, navigated about two-thirds of the way around the Earth. Undocking took place 235 statute miles above the border of Kazakhstan and

ISS013-E-08178 (19 April 2006) --- A Soyuz spacecraft, docked to the International Space Station, and the Canadarm2 are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 13 crewmember from a station window. Earth's horizon and the blackness of space provided the backdrop for this scene.

STS102-E-5341 (18 March 2001) --- The International Space Station (ISS) backdropped against Earth's horizon was photographed with a digital still camera from the Space Shuttle Discovery on March 18, 2001. It is a standard practice for the shuttle to make a final fly-around of the outpost following unlinking from it. A new crew comprised of cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev and astronauts James S. Voss and Susan J. Helms will spend several months aboard the station.

ISS020-E-038038 (3 Sept. 2009) --- A portion of the International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by a space walking astronaut during the STS-128 missions second session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the station. The blackness of space and Earths horizon provide the backdrop for the scene.

ISS026-E-031115 (2 March 2011) --- Anchored to a Canadarm2 mobile foot restraint, NASA astronaut Steve Bowen, STS-133 mission specialist, participates in the missions second session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 14-minute spacewalk, Bowen and astronaut Alvin Drew (out of frame), mission specialist, tackled a variety of tasks, including venting into space some remaining ammonia from a failed pump module they moved during the missions first spacewalk.

ISS039-E-013501 (20 April 2014) --- This is one of an extensive series of still photos documenting the arrival and ultimate capture and berthing of the SpaceX Dragon at the International Space Station, as photographed by the Expedition 39 crew members onboard the orbital outpost. The spacecraft was captured by the space station and successfully berthed, following the April 20 arrival.

ISS028-E-020889 (3 Aug. 2011) --- Soyuz and Progress spacecraft docked to the International Space Station are featured in this image photographed during a session of extravehicular activity (EVA). Earths horizon and the blackness of space provide the backdrop for the scene.

S121-E-06073 (8 July 2006) --- Using Space Shuttle Discovery's Remote Manipulator System/Orbiter Boom Sensor System (RMS/OBSS) for maneuvering, astronauts Piers J. Sellers (red stripes) and Michael E. Fossum, STS-121 mission specialists, work on the S0 Truss of the International Space Station. The 7 hour 31 minute spacewalk was the first of three scheduled EVA sessions for the STS-121 mission.

S124-E-009990 (11 June 2008) --- Backdropped by Earth's horizon and the blackness of space, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS-124 and Expedition 17 crews concluded almost nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 6:42 a.m. (CDT) on June 11, 2008.

Anchored to a foot restraint on the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) or Canadarm2, astronaut David A. Wolf, STS-112 mission specialist, participates in the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA). Wolf is carrying the Starboard One (S1) outboard nadir external camera which was installed on the end of the S1 Truss on the International Space Station (ISS). Launched October 7, 2002 aboard the Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis, the STS-112 mission lasted 11 days and performed three EVAs. Its primary mission was to install the S1 Integrated Truss Structure and Equipment Translation Aid (CETA) Cart to the ISS. The S1 truss provides structural support for the orbiting research facility's radiator panels, which use ammonia to cool the Station's complex power system. The S1 truss, attached to the S0 (S Zero) truss installed by the previous STS-110 mission, flows 637 pounds of anhydrous ammonia through three heat rejection radiators. The truss is 45-feet long, 15-fee

ISS038-E-028071 (12 Jan. 2014) --- The Orbital Sciences Corp. Cygnus commercial cargo craft attached to the end of the Canadarm2 robotic arm of the International Space Station is photographed by an Expedition 38 crew member during rendezvous and berthing operations on Jan. 12, 2014.

ISS036-E-015374 (4 July 2013) --- One of the Expedition 36 crew members aboard the International Space Station on July 4, 2013, used a 50mm lens to record this image of a large mass of storm clouds over the Atlantic Ocean near Brazil and the Equator. A Russian spacecraft, docked to the orbiting outpost, partially covers a small patch of sunglint on the ocean waters in a break in the clouds.

STS102-E-5338 (18 March 2001) --- The International Space Station (ISS) backdropped against Earth's horizon was photographed with a digital still camera from the Space Shuttle Discovery on March 18, 2001. It is a standard practice for the shuttle to make a final fly-around of the outpost following unlinking from it. A new crew comprised of cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev and astronauts James S. Voss and Susan J. Helms will spend several months aboard the station.

Earth Observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 40 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Part of Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) is visible. Folder lists this as the Middle East, Israel.

View of payload bay on Space Shuttle Atlantis. Orbiter Docking System,Integrated Cargo Carrier - Vertical Light Deployable (ICC-VLD),Mini Research Module 1 (MRM1),Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS),and Orbiter Boom Sensor System are visible. Photo was taken during STS-132.

STS112-309-018 (9 October 2002) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earths horizon, the International Space Station (ISS) was photographed by a crewmember aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis during rendezvous and docking operations. Docking occurred at 10:17 a.m. (CDT) on October 9, 2002.

STS111-373-018 (15 June 2002) --- Silhouetted over Earth, this full view of the International Space Station (ISS) was photographed by a crewmember on board the Space Shuttle Endeavour following the undocking of the two spacecraft over western Kazakhstan. Endeavour pulled away from the complex at 9:32 a.m. (CDT) on June 15, 2002.

S123-E-007107 (18 March 2008) --- In the grasp of the station's robotic Canadarm2, Dextre, also known as the Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator (SPDM), is featured in this image photographed by a crewmember on the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour is docked with the station. A section of a solar array wing and a cloud-covered part of Earth provide the backdrop for the scene.

ISS026-E-023340 (31 Jan. 2011) --- A Russian Soyuz spacecraft, docked to the International Space Station, is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 26 crew member aboard the station. A blue and white part of Earth and the blackness of space provide the backdrop for the scene.

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iss052e056225 (Aug. 21, 2017) --- As millions of people across the United States experienced a total eclipse as the umbra, or moons shadow passed over them, only six people witnessed the umbra from space. Viewing the eclipse from orbit were NASAs Randy Bresnik, Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson, ESA (European Space Agencys) Paolo Nespoli, and Roscosmos Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Sergey Ryazanskiy. The space station crossed the path of the eclipse three times as it orbited above the continental United States at an altitude of 250 miles.

ISS037-E-003897 (29 Sept. 2013) --- The first Cygnus commercial cargo spacecraft built by Orbital Sciences Corp., in the grasp of the Canadarm2, is photographed by an Expedition 37 crew member on the International Space Station during rendezvous, capture and docking operations. The two spacecraft converged at 7:01 a.m. EDT on Sept. 29, 2013. Earths horizon and the blackness of space provide the backdrop for the scene.

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Earth observation taken by the Expedition 35 crew aboard the ISS. The docked Soyuz TMA-07M and Progress 50P spacecraft are in view.

ISS031-E-071534 (25 May 2012) --- With clouds over Earth forming a backdrop, the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft is grappled by the Canadarm2 robotic arm at the International Space Station. Expedition 31 Flight Engineers Don Pettit and Andre Kuipers grappled Dragon at 9:56 a.m. (EDT) and used the robotic arm to berth Dragon to the Earth-facing side of the station's Harmony node at 12:02 p.m. May 25, 2012. Dragon became the first commercially developed space vehicle to be launched to the station to join Russian, European and Japanese resupply craft that service the complex while restoring a U.S. capability to deliver cargo to the orbital laboratory. Dragon is scheduled to spend about a week docked with the station before returning to Earth on May 31 for retrieval.

. iss069e020758 (June 15, 2023) - This photograph of the International Space Station was taken by NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg as he worked on the Starboard-6 truss structure during a spacewalk. The SpaceX Dragon cargo vehicle is pictured docked to the Harmony module's space-facing port and the SpaceX Dragon crew vehicle docked to Harmony's forward port. In the foreground, is the Canadarm2 robotic arm.

Earth observation taken by the Expedition 35 crew aboard the ISS. The terminator, glare from the rising Sun, and solar array wings (SAWs) are in view.

STS116-301-028 (19 Dec. 2006) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth's horizon, the International Space Station moves away from Space Shuttle Discovery. Earlier the STS-116 and Expedition 14 crews concluded eight days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 4:10 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 19, 2006. Astronaut William A. (Bill) Oefelein, STS-116 pilot, was at the controls during the fly-around, which gave Discovery's crew a look at its handiwork, a new P5 spacer truss segment and a fully retracted P6 solar array wing. During their stay on orbital outpost, the combined crew installed the newest piece of the station's backbone and completely rewired the power grid over the course of four spacewalks. This image was recorded with a 35mm film-equipped camera.

. iss069e090251 (Sept. 18, 2023) --- The Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft (foreground) that carried NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub to the International Space Station is pictured docked to the Rassvet module. In the rear, is the Soyuz MS-23 crew ship, docked to the Prichal docking module, that will return NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin back to Earth on Sept. 27. 258 miles below the station is the Sahara desert in the African nation of Algeria.

S114-E-06919 (3 Aug. 2005) --- Astronaut Stephen K. Robinson, STS-114 mission specialist, anchored to a foot restraint on the extended International Space Station;s Canadarm2, participates in the mission;s third session of extravehicular activity (EVA). The blackness of space and Earth;s horizon form the backdrop for the image.

iss070e014652 (Oct. 27, 2023) --- The sun's glint beams off a clear blue north Atlantic Ocean as the International Space Station orbited 261 miles above. In the foreground, a pair of main solar arrays drape across the right with the Canadarm2 robotic arm and its fine-tuned robotic hand Dextre extending from the left.

ISS040-E-094885 (15 Aug. 2014) --- The International Space Stations Canadarm2 prepares to release the Orbital Sciences' Cygnus commercial cargo craft after a month visiting the orbital outpost. European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, both Expedition 40 flight engineers, were at the controls of the robotics workstation in the Cupola removing Cygnus from the Harmony node then safely releasing at 6:40 a.m. (EDT) Aug. 15, 2014.

iss061e028414 (Nov. 4, 2019) --- The U.S. Cygnus space freighter from Northrop Grumman is pictured in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm as it was installed to the Unity module for 70 days of cargo transfers.

ISS007-E-13860 (27 August 2003) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earths horizon, an unpiloted Progress 10 supply vehicle departs from the Zvezda Service Modules aft docking port on the International Space Station (ISS) carrying its load of trash and unneeded equipment to be deorbited and burned up in the atmosphere. As the Progress undocked, the ISS was flying 240 statute miles over eastern China. The undocking clears the way for the arrival of a new Progress 12, filled with fresh supplies, which is planned to dock to the Station at 10:45 p.m. (CDT) on August 30, 2003.

S115-E-06764 (17 Sept. 2006) --- This view of the International Space Station, backdropped against a blue and white Earth, was photographed shortly after the Space Shuttle Atlantis undocked from the orbital outpost at 7:50 a.m. (CDT). The unlinking completed six days, two hours and two minutes of joint operations with the station crew. Atlantis left the station with a new, second pair of 240-foot solar wings, attached to a new 17.5-ton section of truss with batteries, electronics and a giant rotating joint. The new solar arrays eventually will double the station's onboard power when their electrical systems are brought online during the next shuttle flight, planned for launch in December.

iss058e011401 (Feb. 8, 2019) --- The Cygnus cargo craft from Northrop Grumman with its prominent cymbal-shaped UltraFlex solar arrays is pictured in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm. Cygnus would be released moments later as the International Space Station was orbiting over the Pacific Ocean. Visible in Cygnus' Common Berthing Mechanism is the Slingshot small satellite deployer designed to deploy CubeSats from the cargo ship once it reaches a safe distance from the station after its release.

ISS013-E-10227 (26 April 2006) --- Backdropped by a blue and white Earth and the blackness of space, the docked Progress 20 supply vehicle is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 13 crewmember from a window on the International Space Station. Shortly after this image was captured, the Progress 21 supply vehicle docked with the station, delivering 2.5 tons of food, water, fuel, oxygen, spare parts and other supplies to the crewmembers onboard the station. Progress 20 will remain docked until mid-June. It will be used to stow trash, and its supply of oxygen will help replenish the stations atmosphere.

iss064e047042 (March 28, 2021) --- The Cygnus resupply ship, with its prominent cymbal-shaped UltraFlex solar arrays, from Northrop Grumman is pictured attached to the International Space Station's Unity module. Earth's atmospheric glow is seen blanketing the horizon as the orbital complex flew 262 miles above Ethiopia on the African continent.

International Space Station 2009

iss051e041847 (05/12/2017) -- NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is seen during the 200th spacewalk in support of the International Space Station. Expedition 51 Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA successfully replaced a large avionics box that supplies electricity and data connections to the science experiments. The astronauts also completed additional tasks to install a connector that will route data to the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, repair insulation at the connecting point of the Japanese robotic arm, and install a protective shield on the Pressurized Mating Adapter-3. This adapter will host a new international docking port for the arrival of commercial crew spacecraft.

Hurricane Fiona is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 259 miles above the Atlantic Ocean north of Puerto Rico. In the foreground, the Soyuz MS-22 crew ship docked to the Prichal module is silhouetted above the storm.

iss064e016368 (Dec. 26, 2020) --- The northwest coast of Africa is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above the Atlantic Ocean. In the foreground, is the Japanese robotic arm which is part of the Kibo laboratory module from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency).

STS076-401-009 (22 - 31 March 1996) --- This photo of the crew cabin of the Space Shuttle Atlantis was taken from Russia's Mir Space Station as the two spacecraft jointly orbited Earth in late March 1996. Earth's horizon and clouds over the Indian Ocean form part of the backdrop for the scene. The large rectangular object in the immediate foreground is one of the solar array panels for Mir. The two spacecraft were in the midst their third link-up in Earth-orbit. With the subsequent delivery of astronaut Shannon W. Lucid to the Mir, the Mir-21 crew grew from two to three, as the mission specialist temporarily became a cosmonaut guest researcher. She is to spend approximately 140 days on Mir before returning to Earth.

iss053e234598 (11/21/2017) --- A view of OSIRIS-3U Satellite Deployer Number 8 after deployment from the NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer Number 13. OSIRIS-3U is an integrated CubeSat that conducts measurements of the Earths ionosphere, in coordination with a ground-based astronomy observatory.

iss055e010724 (April 4, 2018) --- The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship, held firmly in the grip of the Canadarm2 robotic arm, is pictured shortly after it was installed to the Harmony module's Earth-facing port.

ISS031-E-079555 (30 May 2012) --- The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is pictured during its final hours of being docked to the International Space Station. On May 31 it is scheduled to be released by the Canadaarm2 robotic arm and head toward a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

S114-E-6421 (3 August 2005) --- The blackness of space and Earth;s horizon form the backdrop for this image featuring the nose of the Space Shuttle Discovery while docked to the International Space Station. A portion of a Station truss is visible at bottom left. The image was photographed by astronaut Stephen K. Robinson, STS-114 mission specialist, during the mission;s third session of extravehicular activities (EVA).

S116-E-06757 (17 Dec. 2006) --- The docked Soyuz 13 (TMA-9) (foreground) and Progress 22 resupply vehicle are featured in this image photographed by a STS-116 crewmember from a window on the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery was docked with the station. The blackness of space and Earth's horizon provide the backdrop for the scene.

ISS022-E-062916 (11 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Robert Behnken, STS-130 mission specialist, participates in the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the 6-hour, 32-minute spacewalk, Behnken and astronaut Nicholas Patrick (out of frame), mission specialist, relocated a temporary platform from the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, or Dextre, to the stations truss structure and installed two handles on the robot. Once Tranquility was structurally mated to Unity, the spacewalkers connected heater and data cables that will integrate the new module with the rest of the stations systems. They also pre-positioned insulation blankets and ammonia hoses that will be used to connect Tranquility to the stations cooling radiators during the missions second spacewalk.

ISS031-E-005051 (27 April 2012) --- The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft departs from the International Space Station and heads toward a landing in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on April 27, 2012. NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander; along with Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov, Soyuz commander, and Anatoly Ivanishin, flight engineer, are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews.

STS091-727-051 (2-12 June 1998) --- Russia's Mir space station is backdropped over the blue and white planet Earth in this medium range photograph recorded during the final fly-around of the members of the fleet of NASA's shuttles. Seven crew members, including Andrew S.W. Thomas, were aboard the Discovery when the photo was taken; and two of his former cosmonaut crewmates remained aboard Mir. Thomas ended up spending 141 days in space on this journey, including time aboard the Space Shuttles Endeavour and Discovery, which delivered and retrieved him to and from the Mir.

STS113-E-05437 (2 December 2002) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earths horizon, this full view of the International Space Station (ISS) was photographed by a crewmember on board the Space Shuttle Endeavour following the undocking of the two spacecraft. Endeavour pulled away from the complex at 2:05 p.m. (CST) on December 2, 2002 as the two spacecraft flew over northwestern Australia. The newly installed Port One (P1) truss now complements the Starboard One (S1) truss in lower frame.

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