International Space Station Views

Dynamic images of the International Space Station orbiting Earth, featuring detailed perspectives of its structure against the backdrop of space.

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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) arm is visible.

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. iss069e030000 (July 7, 2023) --- From top to bottom, the Soyuz MS-23 crew ship is docked to the Prichal docking module, which is attached to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module. Other elements pictured, include the European robotic arm extending out from Nauka and an experiment airlock attached to a port on Nauka.

STS002-12-833 (13 Nov. 1981) --- Clouds over Earth and black sky form the background for this unique photograph from the space shuttle Columbia in Earth orbit. The photograph was shot through the aft flight deck windows viewing the cargo bay. Part of the scientific payload of the Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications (OSTA-1) is visible in the open cargo bay. The astronauts inside Columbia's cabin were remotely operating the Canadian-built remote manipulator system (RMS). Note television cameras on its elbow and wrist pieces.

S116-E-05364 (11 Dec. 2006) --- As seen through windows on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery, the payload bay is featured in this image photographed by a STS-116 crewmember during flight day three activities. Pictured in the payload bay is the shuttle's docking mechanism (foreground), Spacehab module (partially obscured), the Canadian-built Remote Manipulator System (RMS) robotic arm (right), and the Remote Manipulator System/Orbiter Boom Sensor System (left, in stowed position).

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Astronauts performing work on a space station while orbiting a water covered planet.

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. iss068e039258 (Jan. 8, 2023) - The Prichal docking module is attached to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module, both recent additions to the International Space Station from Roscosmos, in this photograph from the orbiting lab as it soared 266 miles above a cloudy southern Indian Ocean.

S126-E-006713 (15 Nov. 2008) --- Backdropped by a colorful Earth and the blackness of space, the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module visible in Space Shuttle Endeavour's payload bay, vertical stabilizer, orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pods and docking mechanism are featured in this image photographed by a STS-126 crewmember.

The Leading End Effector (LEE) is the portion of the Canadarm2 robotic arm that captures visiting cargo craft such as Northrop Grumman's Cygnus space freighter when commanded by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. Mission controllers on the ground then take over and remotely guide the Canadarm2, with the captured cargo craft in the LEE's grip, and carefully install the vehicle to common berthing mechanisms on the orbiting lab.

STS102-E-5278 (17 March 2001) --- This scene of the aft portion of the Space Shuttle Discovery, backdropped against a massive cloud cover on Earth, was recorded with a digital still camera from inside the International Space Station (ISS) while the two spacecraft were linked together to accomplish more work on the station and exchange crew personnel assigned to man it.

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STS076-401-021 (27 March 1996) --- Astronauts Michael R. (Rich) Clifford (right) and Linda M. Godwin (red stripe) work together on the port side of the Space Shuttle Atlantis' aft cargo bay during a March 27, 1996, Extravehicular Activity (EVA). The Atlas Mountains can been seen near Earth's horizon in the background. The EVA of the two mission specialists marks the first EVA while Russia's Mir Space Station was docked with the Space Shuttle Atlantis. This is the third of a series of docking missions involving Mir and the Space Shuttle Atlantis.

STS102-E-5276 (17 March 2001) --- This scene of the aft portion of the Space Shuttle Discovery, backdropped against a massive cloud cover on Earth, was recorded with a digital still camera from inside the International Space Station (ISS) while the two spacecraft were linked together to accomplish more work on the station and exchange crew personnel assigned to man it.

STS058-76-041 (18 Oct-1 Nov 1993) --- Backdropped against the Peru-Bolivia border and part of the Amazon basin, the Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS-2) laboratory module was captured with a 70mm camera, by one of the seven crew members inside the Space Shuttle Columbia's cabin. Part of the tunnel-like passageway is visible in the foreground. Six NASA astronauts and a veterinarian from the private sector spent two weeks devoted to medical research in Earth-orbit. Lake Titicaca, the largest high-altitude lake in the world lies in the Altiplano of Bolivia and Peru. Space Shuttle photography has been used to document fluctuations of several meters of the level of Lake Titicaca during the past decade, as well as to document the eutrophication of the north end of the lake, which is primarily due to increased population in the Peruvian shoreline areas. This view shows the effect of abnormally heavy precipitation of the region for the third successive year. Meteorologists feel this precipitation in

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Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev are pictured attached to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module during a seven-hour and 42-minute spacewalk to activate the European robotic arm on the International Space Station.

ISS028-E-050185 (15 Sept. 2011) --- This unique photographic angle, featuring the International Space Stations Cupola and crew activity inside it, other hardware belonging to the station, city lights on Earth and airglow,was captured by one of the Expedition 28 crew members. The major urban area on the coast is Brisbane, Australia. The station was passing over an area southwest of Canberra.

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ISS040-E-129695 (6 Sept. 2014) --- A close look at this image, photographed by one of the Expedition 40 crew members onboard the International Space Station at 228 nautical miles above Earth, reveals a minor appearance of the Aurora Australis at lower left frame. The image was taken as the orbital outpost was flying over the Indian Ocean, several hundred miles southeast of the African continent. The camera's exposure time created an "exploded flare" effect from what appears to be the moonat upper left. The NanoRacks Cubesat deployer, attached to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agencys Kibo robotic arm, can be seen in upper center.

S134-E-008502 (23 May 2011) --- A portion of the docked space shuttle Endeavour is featured in this image photographed by an STS-134 crew member from a Cupola window of the International Space Station. Earths horizon and the blackness of space provide the backdrop for the scene.

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AST-02-093 (18 July 1975) --- This scene photographed with a hand-held 70mm camera from a rendezvous window of the American Apollo spacecraft in Earth orbit shows the Soviet Soyuz spacecraft contrasted against a black-sky background with Earth's horizon below. The three major components of the Soyuz are the spherical-shaped Orbital Module (OM), the bell-shaped Descent Vehicle (DV) and the cylindrical-shaped instrument Assembly Module (AM). The docking system on the Orbital Module was specially designed to interface with the docking system on the Apollo's Docking Module (DM). The DM is visible very faintly at the bottom of the picture. The ASTP astronauts and cosmonauts visited each other's spacecraft while the Soyuz and Apollo were docked in Earth orbit for two days.

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ISS028-E-050184 (15 Sept. 2011) --- This unique photographic angle, featuring the International Space Stations Cupola and crew activity inside it, other hardware belonging to the station, city lights on Earth and airglow, was captured by one of the Expedition 28 crew members. The major urban area on the coast is Brisbane, Australia. The station was passing over an area southwest of Canberra.

ISS041-E-067002 (7 Oct. 2014) --- NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Expedition 41 flight engineer, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as work continues on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 13-minute spacewalk, Wiseman and European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst (out of frame), flight engineer, worked outside the space station's Quest airlock relocating a failed cooling pump to external stowage and installing gear that provides back up power to external robotics equipment.

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ISS034-E-062482 (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. A blue and white Earth forms the backdrop for this image, featuring Dragon in the grasp of the Space Station Remote Manipulator System or Canadarm2. The spacecraft begins its scheduled three-week-long stay at the orbiting space station.

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. HERMES 02. The Heliophysics Environmental and Radiation Measurement Experiment Suite (HERMES) is one of the first three science payloads selected to fly on Gateway. HERMES will study solar and cosmic radiation to help the scientific community better understand how to keep people and hardware safe during deep space travels.

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STS006-44-582 (5 April 1983) --- A 70mm camera through the aft windows of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Challengers cabin centered on the starboard orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pod of the reusable spacecraft. Two pieces of thermal protection system tile appear to have loosened. The view also shows one of the cargo bay television cameras, part of the EVA slide wire system, three handrails and other features on the aft bulkhead. Part of the airborne support equipment (ASE) for the now vacated inertial upper stage (IUS)/tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS) tandem is in lower right foreground.

STS79-E-5355 (16-26 September 1996) --- Several minutes later, the STS-79 astronauts enjoyed this view of the Russia's Mir Space Station complex backdropped against the blackness of space over Earth's horizon. A thin blue line of airglow runs parallel with Earth's horizon.

iss057e122164 ( 12/10/2018) --- A view of items from the NanoRacks-Lagrange investigation floating in front of the windows in the Cupola module aboard the International Space Station (ISS). NanoRacks-Lagrange seeks to increase interest in space. For this investigation, student photos and printed logos sheets are launched to the International Space Station (ISS) with a message card. Additionally, plant seeds are flown to the ISS. The students plant the seeds once they return to Earth and compare them to plants grown from regular seeds. Students are able to touch and feel close to space through this experiment.

S76-E-5156 (24 March 1996) --- The forward cargo bay and the entire top exterior of the crew cabin of the Space Shuttle Atlantis can be seen in this image, recorded with a 35mm Electronic Still Camera (ESC), positioned in one of the windows aboard Russia's Mir Space Station.

In the grasp of the station's robotic Canadarm2, the Kibo Japanese Pressurized Module (JPM) is moved from its stowage position in Space Shuttle Discovery's (STS-124) payload bay to the port side of the Harmony node of the International Space Station

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ISS012-E-21351 (29 Mar. 2006) --- The shadow of the moon falls on Earth as seen from the International Space Station, 230 miles above the planet, during a total solar eclipse at about 4:50 a.m. CST, Wednesday, March 29. This digital photo was taken by the Expedition 12 crew, Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev, who are wrapping up a six-month mission on the complex. Part of the Mediterranean Sea can be seen outside the shadow.

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ISS043E218074 (05/18/2015) --- This night view from the International Space Station on May 18, 2015 gives a view of brilliant city lights on the Earths surface shining beneath thousands of stars above. The thin line of Earths atmosphere can be seen with the green glow of aurora along the outer edge.

STS113-714-039 (26-30 November 2002) --- Astronauts John B. Herrington (left) and Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, STS-113 mission specialists, work on the newly installed Port One (P1) truss on the International Space Station (ISS) during one of the three scheduled sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA).

S96-E-5221 (03 June 1999) --- The aftsection of the Space Shuttle Discoveryis backdropped over a mass of clouds in this electronic still camera's view, some time after the International Space Station (ISS) had undocked from Discovery. The top of SpaceHab is visible in the scene, recorded at 23:28:41 GMT, June 3, 1999.

S74-17457 (3 Feb. 1974) --- This view of the Skylab 4 Command/Service Module in a docked configuration is a frame from a roll of movie film exposed by a 16mm Maurer camera. The other four components of the Skylab space station in Earth orbit are out of view to the right. This picture was taken by astronaut Gerald P. Carr, Skylab 4 commander, during the final Skylab extravehicular activity (EVA) which took place on Feb. 3, 1974. The crew members -- Gerald Carr, Edward Gibson and William Pogue -- were the first NASA astronauts to spend New Year's in space. A week earlier, they became the first crew to perform an EVA on Christmas day.

The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship carrying over 5,800 pounds of new science experiments and crew supplies, pictured from a window on the SpaceX Dragon Freedom crew ship, approaches the International Space Station above the south Atlantic Ocean.

AS09-21-3212 (7 March 1969) --- A view of the Apollo 9 Lunar Module (LM), Spider , in a lunar landing configuration, as photographed from the Command and Service Modules (CSM) on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 Earth-orbital mission. The landing gear on the Spider has been deployed. Lunar surface probes (sensors) extend out from landing gear foot pads. Inside the Spider were astronauts James A. McDivitt, Apollo 9 commander, and Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot. Astronaut David R. Scott, command module pilot, remained at the controls in the Command Module (CM), Gumdrop , while the other two astronauts checked out the Lunar Module.

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S115-E-05801 (13 Sept. 2006) --- This panoramic scene of the International Space Station over terrain could be used for a quick game of "find the two astronauts in this picture." The combined crews of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and the orbital outpost have resumed construction on the station this week. The two STS-115 crewmembers in this picture were participating in the second of three scheduled space walks. Astronaut Daniel C. Burbank can be recognized by the broken red stripe on each leg of his extravehicular mobility space suit. Not so readily visible is astronaut Steven G. MacLean, representing the Canadian Space Agency, just above and to the right of Burbank.

Phobos, the nearest of the Martian moons, may make a convenient transit station for travellers on their way to the surface of Mars. Sometime in the future astronauts might live and work on a station floating above Phobos much the same way as on the International Space Station.

S66-54565 (14 Sept. 1966) --- Central portion of Florida, Gulf of Mexico to Atlantic Ocean, Cape Kennedy is at left center of photo, as seen from the Gemini-11 spacecraft during its 29th revolution of Earth. Photo lacks detail due to low sun angle. Sunglint on lakes is visible.

S61-04667 (31 Jan. 1961) --- Earth view from the Mercury Redstone 2 (MR-2) spacecraft.

ISS032-E-026883 (12 Sept. 2012) --- With an oblique view of the southwest coast of Morocco serving as a backdrop, the International Space Station's Canadarm2 grasps the unpiloted Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-3), filled with trash and unneeded items, in preparation for its release from the station. JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide and NASA astronaut Joe Acaba, both Expedition 32 flight engineers, used the station's robot arm to grapple the HTV-3 and undock it from the Earth-facing port of the Harmony node. The cargo craft was released at 11:50 a.m. (EDT) on Sept. 12, 2012. Cape Rhir and port city of Agadir are at lower left and part of the Anti-Atlas mountain range can be seen just inland.

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Astronaut Matthias Maurer of ESA (European Space Agency) is pictured outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk to install thermal gear and electronics components on the orbiting lab.

STS072-726-085 (11-20 Jan. 1996) --- The crew members captured this 70mm view of the Space Shuttle Endeavours cargo bay, with the reflection of sunglint over Earths horizon. The Canadian-built Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm, with two television cameras affixed, is at frame right. The crew earlier had retrieved the Japanese Space Flyer (SFU) and berthed in the aft cargo bay, along with the Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology (OAST) Flyer satellite.

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iss049e006037 (Sep. 17, 2016) --- Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) mounted on the Japanese Experiment Module's Exposed Facility (JEM-EF). The CATS investigation uses a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system to measure the location, composition and distribution of pollution, dust, smoke, aerosols and other particulates in the atmosphere. CATS is used to study the atmospheric constituents that impact global climate. By gaining a better understanding of cloud and aerosol coverage, scientists can create a better model of the Earth's climate feedback processes.

ISS028-E-017253 (17 July 2011) --- This is one of a series of photographs recorded from the International Space Station showing the docked space shuttle Atlantis' port side backdropped against the blackness of space. Part of the Orbiter Boom Sensor System, connected to the remote manipulator system or robot arm, is at frame center. At the very bottom of the frame can be seen a faint line, representing airglow over Earth.

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ISS001-376-004 (12 February 2001) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, STS-98 mission specialist, was photographed by a member of the Expedition One crew in the newly installed Destiny laboratory during the second of three space walks. With all of the tasks planned for the second space walk completed, and still time available, the astronauts moved to tasks that had originally been planned for the third extravehicular activity (EVA) period on the flight. Ahead of schedule, they connected several computer and electrical cables between the docking port and the lab; unveiled the lab's large, high-quality window (through which this photo was taken) and attached an exterior shutter; and repositioned a movable foot platform they had taken inside Atlantis on the first space walk for a slight adjustment.

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STS059-50-011 (9-20 April 94) --- A greenish appearing aurora forms the backdrop for this 35mm scene of the Earth orbiting Space Shuttle Endeavour's aft cargo bay. Featured in the bay are the antennae for the SIR-C/X-SAR imaging radar instruments, illuminated by moonlight. The crew sighted the southern lights (aurora australis) several times during each of the eleven days of the mission.

STS093-702-041 (23 July 1999)--- This 70mm frame shows the Chandra X-Ray observatory, backdropped against a desert area in Namibia, just before its release from Columbia's payload bay. The primary duty of the STS-93 crew was to deploy the world's most powerful X-Ray telescope. It was also one of the first actions of the astronauts, occurring just a few hours following the shuttle's arrival in Earth orbit. This scene is one of a series of still photos recorded by the crew before and during the deployment of the 50,162 pound observatory.

SL2-X4-256 (25 May 1973) --- This photo, made at long range from the command module during Skylab 2's approach to the Skylab complex during fly-around inspection, features the orbital workshop with the area of the missing micrometeoroid shield visible.

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iss063e101635 (Oct. 5, 2020) --- The Northrop Grumman Cygnus space freighter is pictured after being captured by the Canadarm2 robotic arm as the International Space Station orbited above Egypt.

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ISS016-E-007014 (30 Oct. 2007) --- A view of a damaged P6 4B solar array wing on the International Space Station. NASA halted the deployment -- which is about 80 percent complete -- to evaluate the damage.

ISS041-E-045469 (27 Sept. 2014) --- One of the Expedition 41 crew members aboard the International Space Station, flying at an altitude of 222 nautical miles above a point in the Atlantic Ocean several hundred miles off the coast of Africa near the Tropic of Cancer, photographed this eye-catching panorama of the night sky on Sept. 27. NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, flight engineer, tweeted the image, which was taken with an electronic still camera, set with a 24mm focal length. In his accompanying comments, Wiseman stated, "Sahara sands make the Earth glow orange."

STS109-329-021 (1-12 March 2002) --- The horizon of a blue and white Earth and the blackness of space form the backdrop for this view of the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Columbia, as seen through windows on the aft flight deck during the STS-109 mission. Pictured in the cargo bay is the Rigid Array Carrier (RAC) holding the new Hubble Solar Arrays. In its stowed position at right center of the frame is the Canadian-built Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm.

ISS037-E-026748 (4 Nov. 2013) --- One of the Expedition 37 crew members aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station took this photograph looking toward Earth's horizon when the complex was 228 miles above a point located 46.6 degrees south latitude and 146.6 degrees east longitude. The space station remote manipulator system arm or Canadarm2 dominates the foreground. A relatively small appearance of Aurora Australis or the Southern Lights runs from upper left toward frame center. One of the space station's solar array panels is seen in upper right.

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ISS030-E-126655 (7 March, 2012) --- This photograph, taken by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station from approximately 240 miles above the southeastern Tasman Sea, is believed to be the one millionth still image recorded by space station crews. The view, from over a point centered at 46.56 degrees south latitude and 164.33 degrees east longitude, focuses on an area just west of the south end of South Island, New Zealand and was taken about 3:19 a.m. New Zealand time, March 7, 2012. Illumination and the relative motion of features in the overall series of photos suggest that the view is towards the south to southeast with the approaching dawn to the left and a strong band of Aurora Australis, from left to right. A Russian Soyuz and a Russian Progress vehicle are seen center and right in the foreground, respectively.

This long-duration photograph shows the Earth 259 miles below a soaring International Space Station. In the foreground, is the Soyuz MS-21 crew ship docked to the Prichal docking module which is itself attached to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module.

STS79-E-5065 (19 September 1996) --- As seen from the Space Shuttle Atlantis' flight deck, backdropped against Cook Strait, the Tasman Sea and the south Pacific Ocean, several components of Russia's Mir Space Station greet STS-79 crew members looking through aft-flight deck windows. Egmont National Park and Mt. Egmont on New Zealand's North Island can be easily delineated, during Flight Day 4.

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View of the SIR-B antenna being deployed during STS 41-G. The Challenger's payload bay is open and the remote manipulator system (RMS) arm is in the stowed position at the right of the view.

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S127-E-012774 (30 July 2009) --- Backdropped by Earths horizon and the blackness of space, a Dual RF Astrodynamic GPS Orbital Navigator Satellite (DRAGONSat) is photographed after its release from Space Shuttle Endeavours payload bay by STS-127 crew members. DRAGONSat will look at independent rendezvous of spacecraft in orbit using Global Positioning Satellite data. The two satellites were designed and built by students at the University of Texas, Austin, and Texas A&M University, College Station.

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