International Space Station Activities

Astronauts conducting experiments and maintenance inside the International Space Station. Focus on equipment handling and the unique microgravity environment.

S119-E-006713 (20 March 2009) --- Astronaut Richard Arnold, STS-119 mission specialist,almost appears to be suspended from the "ceiling" of Discovery's mid deck as he completes a flight day six task.

S129-E-007202 (21 Nov. 2009) --- NASA astronauts Jeffrey Williams (left), Expedition 21 flight engineer, and Leland Melvin, STS-129 mission specialist, support the extravehicular activity of astronauts Mike Foreman and Randy Bresnik from the shirt sleeve environment of the International Space Station. While Foreman and Bresnik worked outside, an aggregation of ten internationally-represented astronauts and cosmonauts worked onboard both the space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station to support their tasks.

JSC2012-E-107880 (31 July 2012) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield (left), Expedition 34 flight engineer and Expedition 35 commander; and NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, Expedition 34/35 flight engineer, are pictured during an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit fit check in the Space Station Airlock Test Article (SSATA) in the Crew Systems Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

ISS019-E-007263 (17 April 2009) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 19/20 flight engineer, uses a communication system in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS020-E-032882 (20 Aug. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Tim Kopra, Expedition 20 flight engineer, uses a ham radio system in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

S124-E-006648 (6 June 2008) --- Cosmonauts Sergei Volkov (right), Expedition 17 commander, and Oleg Kononenko, flight engineer, are pictured in the Zvezda service module while hosting the STS-124 Discovery crew for a meal time which afforded some rare leisure time for both crews.

ISS013-E-75813 (4 Sept. 2006) --- Cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov, Expedition 13 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, adds the Expedition 13 patch to the Unity node's growing collection of insignias representing crews who have lived and worked on the International Space Station.

ISS014-E-09596 (12 Dec. 2006) --- Attired in his extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) spacesuit, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, prepares for the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery was docked with the station.

ISS028-E-036263 (1 Sept. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 28 flight engineer, works with Robonaut 2 (R2) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

S127-E-008702 (25 July 2009) --- Astronaut Dave Wolf, STS-127 mission specialist, is pictured near a window in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.

ISS007-E-17879 (October 2003) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Pedro Duque (left) of Spain; astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; cosmonaut Alexander Y. Kaleri, Expedition 8 flight engineer; and cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 mission commander, are pictured in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Kaleri and Malenchenko represent Rosaviakosmos. Though the exact date is unavailable, the scene was recorded about midway through the joint duty time of Expeditions 7 and 8.

ISS021-E-005079 (12 Oct. 2009) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk (left), NASA astronauts Jeffrey Williams and Nicole Stott; along with Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, all Expedition 21 flight engineers, share a meal at the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

S119-E-008159 (25 March 2009) --- Astronaut Tony Antonelli, STS-119 pilot, looks over a checklist on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day 11 activities.

ISS016-E-036441 (19 April 2008) --- The Expedition 16 crewmembers and spaceflight participant bid farewell to Expedition 17 crewmembers prior to boarding their Soyuz spacecraft for their trip back to Earth. Pictured on the right are Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, Expedition 16 flight engineer, and NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, Expedition 16 commander. Visible in the background is South Korean spaceflight participant So-yeon Yi. Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonauts Sergei Volkov (foreground) and Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 17 commander and flight engineer, respectively, are pictured at left.

ISS036-E-013216 (29 June 2013) --- NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy (left) and Karen Nyberg; along with European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, all Expedition 36 flight engineers, pose for a photo at the hatchway between the Quest airlock and the Unity node of the International Space Station.

ISS002-E-5710 (22 March 2001) --- Astronaut James S. Voss, Expedition Twoflight engineer, appears to be trying to decide between two colors or two species of apples as he ponders them in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). This photo was taken with a digital still camera.

S127-E-006286 (16 July 2009) --- Astronauts Mark Polansky (right), STS-127 commander; and Doug Hurley, pilot, take a moment for a photo on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour during flight day two activities.

STS102-E-5039 (9 March 2001) --- Cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev, representing Rosaviakosmos, handles a locker's content on the mid deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery only hours away from assuming his role as afull fledged International Space Station crew member. Usachev, Expedition Two commander, and two astronauts are scheduled to trade places with two cosmonauts and an astronaut who have been onboard the orbiting outpost since early November 2000.

STS085-351-005 (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.

ISS024-E-006664 (25 June 2010) --- With most of his body tucked away in a sleeping bag, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, Expedition 24 flight engineer, is pictured in his crew quarters compartment in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

S100-E-5118 (21 April 2001) --- Astronaut Chris A. Hadfield (center) of the Canadian Space Agency and cosmonaut Yuri V. Lonchakov (left) of Rosaviakosmos, are about to be joined by astronaut Scott E. Parazynski (background) as the three STS-100 mission specialists take time on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Endeavour for a meal. The seven-member STS-100 crew has been busy preparing for its union with the International Space Station (ISS). The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

S100-E-5107 (21 April 2001) --- Astronauts Chris A. Hadfield (left) of the Canadian Space Agency and Scott E. Parazynski, both mission specialists, are seen on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Endeavour as the STS-100 crew anticipates its union with the International Space Station (ISS). Assigned space-walking astronauts Hadfield and Parazynski were later joined on the middeck by spacewalk coordinator John L. Phillips in conducting some final checks of the suits and hardware that are to be used during the next day's planned 6-hour, 30-minute spacewalk. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

S124-E-06650 (6 June 2008) --- Astronauts Karen Nyberg and Mike Fossum, both STS-124 mission specialists, share one of the few moments of leisure afforded to the Discovery and space station crewmembers aboard the International Space Station. In the background, from the left, are JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, along with astronaut Garrett Reisman (partially obscured), both mission specialists, and cosmonaut Sergei Volkov (partially out of frame), Expedition 17 commander.

S96-E-5156 (02 June 1999)--- Astronaut Kent V. Rominger works out on the bicycle ergometer on Discovery.The photo was taken with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 02:23:46 GMT, June 2, 1999.

S114-E-7172 (5 August 2005) --- Astronaut Soichi Noguchi, STS-114 mission specialist representing Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), holds a procedures checklist in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station. The crewmembers were making final preparations for Space Shuttle Discoverys scheduled departure on August 6.

ISS024-E-014830 (17 Sept. 2010) --- Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, Expedition 24 flight engineer, services the Russian Bioemulsion experiment in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station.

ISS020-E-035017 (27 Aug. 2009) --- Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 20 commander, uses the Russian BAR/EXPERT science payload to take various environmental measurements in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS009-E-28769 (14 October 2004) --- Astronaut Edward M. (Mike) Fincke, Expedition 9 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, uses a Dual Sorbent Tube and its associated pump to take routine air samples in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station (ISS).

(March 1982) --- Astronaut Jack R. Lousma turns toward astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton and smiles into the lens of the 35mm camera Fullerton used to expose this frame onboard the busy Earth-orbiting space shuttle Columbia. Lousma is at the commander's station of the forward flight deck on the Columbia.

S76-E-5215 (28 March 1996) --- Astronaut Kevin P. Chilton, STS-76 mission commander, gets a warm good-bye from cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev, Mir-21 flight engineer, as the Space Shuttle Atlantis is about to be separated from its link with Russia's Mir Space Station.

ISS039-E-003797 (15 March 2014) --- Expedition 39 flight engineer Rick Mastracchio poses for a self-portrait with Robonaut 2 in the U.S. Laboratory (Destiny) during a televised public event. (Note The event was shown live on March 14 in U.S. time zones).

ISS002-E-5335 (10 April 2001) --- Astronaut Susan J. Helms (left and astronaut James S. Voss, both Expedition Two flight engineers, pose for a photograph aboard the Zvezda/Service Module of the International Space Station (ISS). This image was recorded with a digital still camera.

ISS026-E-017715 (15 Jan. 2011) --- European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli assists cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) with a haircut in the Kibo laboratory on the International Space Station. The two Expedition 26 flight engineers used a vacuum cleaner to remove free-floating hair particles from the air.

ISS022-E-048414 (3 Feb. 2010) --- Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, Expedition 22 flight engineer, works with GFI-1 Relaksatsiya (Relaxation) Earth Observation experiment hardware at a window in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS034-E-009799 (25 Dec. 2012) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield strums his guitar in the International Space Station's Cupola on Dec. 25, 2012. Hadfield, a long-time member of an astronaut band called Max Q, later joined with the other five Expedition 34 crew members in a more spacious location to provide an assortment of Christmas carols for the public.

STS105-E-5102 (12 August 2001) --- Yury V. Usachev of Rosaviakosmos (left), Expedition Two mission commander, greets Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, with a handshake in the U.S. Laboratory. Culbertson, accompanied by cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin and Vladimir N. Dezhurov, will be replacing Usachev and astronauts Susan J. Helms and James S. Voss and will spend the next four months aboard the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

iss056e097429 (July 19, 2018) --- NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold swabbed surfaces in the International Space Station to collect microbe samples. He then processed the microbial DNA using the Biomolecule Sequencer, a device that enables DNA sequencing in microgravity, to identify microbes able to survive in microgravity.

STS098-353-0006 (7-20 February 2001) --- The Expedition One crew enjoys a snack on the ward room table of the Zvezda service module onboard the International Space Station (ISS). The photograph was taken by one of the visiting STS-98 crew members.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, STS-114 Mission Specialist Andy Thomas takes a close look at the some of the tiles underneath Atlantis. Thomas is a new addition to the mission crew. The STS-114 crew is at KSC to take part in crew equipment and orbiter familiarization.

STS081-343-014 (12-22 Jan. 1997) --- Oranges and grapefruit brought up from Earth get a popular reception by the Mir-22 crewmembers. Left to right astronauts Peter J. K. (Jeff) Wisoff and John M. Grunsfeld, along with cosmonauts Aleksandr Y. Kaleri and Valeri G. Korzun, Mir-22 flight engineer and commander respectively, view the microgravity behavior of the seasonal gifts. Astronaut Michael A. Baker, mission commander, looks on at frame's right edge.

iss042e065678 (12/25/14) --- Expedition 42 Commander Barry Wilmore of NASA and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (ESA) pose for the camera on Christmas day aboard the International Space Station. Wilmore is holding a patch traditionally given to astronauts following their first flight on a Soyuz spacecraft.

ISS003-E-6171 (August 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three mission commander, and cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, flight engineer, perform routine maintenance in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). Tyurin represents Rosaviakosmos. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

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ISS003-E-5891 (22 September 2001) --- Cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin (left) and Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Expedition Three flight engineers representing Rosaviakosmos, take turns cutting each others hair in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Dezhurov holds a vacuum device the crew has fashioned to garner freshly cut hair floating freely. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS028-E-012570 (1 July 2011) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 28 flight engineer, is pictured near fresh fruit floating freely in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

S133-E-011808 (7 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Alvin Drew, STS-133 mission specialist, is pictured on the aft flight deck of space shuttle Discovery during flight day 12 activities.

ISS010-E-14759 (24 January 2005) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, poses with his Russian Orlan spacesuit in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station (ISS). Chiao and cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov (out of frame), flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, were conducting extravehicular activity (EVA) preparations for the spacewalk scheduled for January 26.

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ISS018-E-041341 (20 March 2009) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 18 flight engineer; and NASA astronaut Steve Swanson, STS-119 mission specialist, pose for a photo near Wakatas crew compartment in the Harmony node of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

ISS003-E-08147 (22 November 2001) --- Cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin (left), Expedition 3 flight engineer, and astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, mission commander, eat a Thanksgiving meal in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Tyurin represents Rosaviakosmos.

STS081-E-05498 (16 Jan. 1997) --- Supplies and equipment transfer are the topic of the day, as the Space Shuttle Atlantis and Russia's Mir Space Station respective commanders have a discussion aboard the Orbiter. Left to right are cosmonauts Valeri G. Korzun and Aleksandr Y. Kaleri, Mir-22 commander and flight engineer respectively; along with astronaut Michael A. Baker, mission commander. The photograph was recorded with an Electronic Still Camera (ESC) and later was downlinked to flight controllers in Houston, Texas.

ISS034-E-009562 (21 Dec. 2012) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield greetstwo Russian cosmonauts onboard the International Space Station moments after coming aboard on Dec. 21, 2012. The cosmonauts are Oleg Novitskiy (partially obscured at center) and Evgeny Tarelkin, both Expedition 34 flight engineers. Hadfield, along with a NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut, launched on Dec. 19 aboard the Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft.

ISS025-E-011217 (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.

iss055e035395 (April 27, 2018) --- NASA astronaut Drew Feustel relaxes at the end of the workday playing guitar inside the Unity module.

ISS022-E-011880 (16 Dec. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, Expedition 22 commander, services the Advanced Plant Experiments on Orbit-Cambium (APEX-C) payload in the Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS-2 (MELFI-2) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS023-E-031747 (1 May 2010) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Expedition 23 commander, is pictured near fresh fruit floating freely in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS017-E-011547 (20 July 2008) --- Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, Expedition 17 commander, trims NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff's hair in the Harmony node of the International Space Station. Volkov used hair clippers fashioned with a vacuum device to garner freshly cut hair.

iss070e045128 (Dec. 24, 2023) --- Four Expedition 70 Commander Andreas Mogensen from ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA Flight Engineer Loral O'Hara are pictured inside the International Space Station's Unity module enjoying a Christmas Day meal.

ISS015-E-08735 (19 May 2007) --- Cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, is pictured near "fresh" fruit floating freely in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. The fruit was part of a recent delivery of food and supplies sent up via a Progress resupply craft.

iss064e016183 (Dec. 27, 2020) --- JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi is pictured inside the International Space Station's "window to the world," the cupola, as it was orbiting 269 miles above the South Atlantic in between the tip of South America and the tip of South Africa.

iss064e013898 (Dec. 18, 2020) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins poses for a holiday season portrait with a Christmas tree inside Japan's Kibo laboratory module.

ISS026-E-034308 (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.

STS077-368-026 (19-29 May 1996) --- On his off-duty time, Australian-native Andrew S. W. Thomas, mission specialist, has a little fun with Australian mementos in the Spacehab Module onboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Floating in the foreground are a stuffed toy kangaroo and a miniaturized typical highway warning sign about the plentiful four-legged Australian resident. Astronaut Thomas and five other crew members went on to spend almost ten-days aboard Endeavour in support of the Spacehab 4 mission and a number of other payloads.

ISS010-E-18955 (23 November 2004) --- Cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov, Expedition 10 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, poses for a photo near an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in the Unity node on the International Space Station (ISS).

PHOTO DATE: 01-25-11LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS MockupsSUBJECT: Expedition 28 crew member and JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa during ISS EVA P/P 33105 training with STS-135 crew members

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