Living and Working in Space

Action shots aboard the International Space Station, showcasing astronauts engaging with technology and experiments in a high-tech environment.

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iss052e004331 (June 16, 2017) --- Expedition 52 crew members Fyodor Yurchikhin (middle foreground) and Jack Fischer were inside the Zvezda service module monitoring the docking of a Russian Progress 67 cargo ship on June 16, 2017.

ISS026-E-014925 (4 Jan. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman, Expedition 26 flight engineer, removes the Low Gradient Furnace (LGF) and installs the Solidification and Quench Furnace (SQF) in the Material Science Laboratory (MSL) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS023-E-051425 (25 May 2010) --- NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer, Expedition 23 flight engineer, eats a snack at the galley in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

iss056e050302 (6/28/2018) --- Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev and NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold during the Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) maintenance session two, in the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Pressurized Module (JPM).

ISS039-E-010332 (9 April 2014) --- Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency works with space suits, called extravehicular mobility units, in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station on April 9, 2014.

ISS040-E-079355 (25 July 2014) --- In the International Space Stations Kibo laboratory, NASA astronaut Steve Swanson (foreground), Expedition 40 commander; and European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, flight engineer, conduct a session with a trio of soccer-ball-sized robots known as the Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites, or SPHERES. The free-flying robots were equipped with stereoscopic goggles called the Visual Estimation and Relative Tracking for Inspection of Generic Objects, or VERTIGO, to enable the SPHERES to perform relative navigation based on a 3D model of a target object.

Rob Tomaso, crew systems instructor, works with NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus on the mid-deck of the Full-Fuselage Trainer during a post insertion in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center on Thursday, March 24, 2011, in Houston. ( NASA Photo / Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool )

ISS026-E-016970 (11 Jan. 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri (right) 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.

ISS022-E-023629 (11 Jan. 2010) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Expedition 22 flight engineer, poses for a photo with two Russian Orlan spacesuits in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station.

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iss051e041154 (May 12, 2017) --- NASA astronauts Jack Fischer (left) and Peggy Whitson are outfitted in their U.S. spacesuits inside the U.S. Quest airlock before beginning the 200th spacewalk in support of International Space Station maintenance and assembly on May 12, 2017.

ISS028-E-017077 (16 July 2011) --- When asked by a reporter if she noticed a difference in the International Space Station on her current visit with the Atlantis STS-135 crew, versus an earlier lengthy visit, NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus mentioned the Cupola's addition, which was not on the station during her earlier stay there. This is one of series of photos showing Magnus, mission specialist for the Space Shuttle Program's final flight, taking advantage of the zero gravity of space and the panoramic view provided by the multi-windowed Cupola.

ISS01-E-5009 (November 2000) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (foreground), flight engineer, works with cameras in the service module (Zvezda) on the International Space Station, while astronaut William M. (Bill) Shepherd, Expedition One commander, busily goes about chores in the background. The photograph was taken by cosmonaut Yuri P. Gidzenko,Soyuz commander, using an electronic still camera (ESC). This was one of the first still pictures to be downlinked from the station since the Expedition One crew boarded it earlier in the week.

ISS038-E-046405 (12 Feb. 2014) --- NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 flight engineer, works on the COLBERT treadmill in the Unity node of the International Space Station. He replaced a failed accelerometer in the exercise device then activated COLBERT for a speed test.

ISS042E292319 (03/01/2015) --- US astronauts Barry Butch Wilmore and Terry Virts are suited up Mar 1, 2015 for a later spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Virts tweeted this image with the following comment on Mar. 3, 2015 Teammates- USAF and USN working great together in orbit and on our spacewalks! #USAFA #goairforcebeatnavy .

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S116-E-05605 (11 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Mark L. Polansky, STS-116 commander, floats in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery was docked with the station.

ISS005-E-05457 (June 2002) --- Astronaut Daniel W. Bursch, Expedition Four flight engineer, floats in the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM). Leonardo is one of three Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules built by the Italian Space Agency that serve as pressurized, reusable cargo carriers to ferry supplies, equipment and experiments between the ground and the space station.

ISS029-E-043397 (19 Nov. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 29 commander, looks through a window in the Cupola of the International Space Station. A blue and white part of Earth is visible through the windows.

ISS031-E-081644 (17 May 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko (left), Expedition 31 commander, conducts a crew safety briefing in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station shortly after Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka (center) and Sergei Revin (out of frame); along with NASA astronaut Joe Acaba (not pictured) docked with the space station in their Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft. NASA astronaut Don Pettit, flight engineer, is at right.

S119-E-006224 (16 March 2009) --- Astronaut Lee Archambault (left), STS-119 commander, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, mission specialist, are pictured on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day two activities.

View of astronaut Kjell Lindgren flying in the Kibo module of the ISS. Sent as part of Twitter message: It's already been a week! Time is flying...and so am I!

iss060e013990 (July 24, 2019) --- Expedition 60 Flight Engineers (clockwise from top) Luca Parmitano, Andrew Morgan and Nick Hague work on life support maintenance inside the U.S. Destiny laboratory module.

S134-E-010935 (30 May 2011) --- NASA astronauts Greg H. Johnson (left), STS-134 pilot; Michael Fincke (center) and Greg Chamitoff, both mission specialists, are busy on the aft flight deck of space shuttle Endeavour during undocking and fly-around operations with the International Space Station on flight day 15. Chamitoff is using a handheld laser ranging device -- designed to measure the range between two spacecraft -- through one of the overhead windows.

S127-E-006334 (16 July 2009) --- Astronaut Tom Marshburn, STS-127 mission specialist, works on the middeck of Space Shuttle Endeavour during flight day two activities.

ISS005-E-19558 (2 November 2002) --- Cosmonaut Sergei Y. Treschev, Expedition Five flight engineer, works with various tools in the Unity node on the International Space Station (ISS). Treschev represents Rosaviakosmos.

S130-E-007780 (14 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Terry Virts (right), STS-130 pilot; and Stephen Robinson, mission specialist, are pictured in the newly-installed Tranquility node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.

ISS030-E-050884 (27 Jan. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (bottom), Expedition 30 flight engineer, monitors data at the manual TORU docking system controls in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station during approach and docking operations of the unpiloted ISS Progress 46 resupply vehicle. Progress 46 docked automatically to the Pirs Docking Compartment via the Kurs automated rendezvous system at 7:00 p.m. (EST) on Jan. 27, 2012. NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, commander, looks on. Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin (bottom background), flight engineer, photographs the approach of the Progress from a Zvezda window.

ISS016-E-021932 (8 Jan. 2008) --- NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; and cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, work in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station.

ISS031-E-140672 (22 June 2012) --- Two bowling-ball-sized free-flying satellites called Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites Zero Robotics (SPHERES ZR) are pictured during a test session in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS038-E-010407 (30 Nov. 2013) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer, is pictured in a hatch in the Russian segment of the International Space Station.

STS109-E-5225 (4 March 2002) --- Astronaut John M. Grunsfeld, payload commander, signals readiness for the first the first of his assigned STS-109 space walks to perform workon the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Astronauts Grunsfeld and Richard M. Linnehan moments later egressed the Space Shuttle Columbia's airlock, eventually replacing the giant telescopes starboard solararray during a space walk that ended at 7:38 a.m. (CST) or 13:38 GMT March 4, 2002.

ISS048e028558 (07/18/2016) --- NASA astronauts Jeff Williams (left) and Kate Rubins (right) train inside the Destiny laboratory for the robotic capture of SpaceXs Dragon spacecraft. Williams was the primary robotic arm operator and Rubins supported from a backup role.

S126-E-012200 (27 Nov. 2008) --- In the Unity or Node 1 of the International Space Station, astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper takes pictures of STS-126 crewmates on Thanksgiving Day. That's fellow mission specialist and earlier EVA partner Steve Bowen who is floating in the center of the frame.

ISS034-E-030218 (16 Jan. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 34 commander, installs a Ultra-Sonic Background Noise Tests (UBNT) sensor kit behind a rack in the Destiny of the International Space Station.

ISS027-E-019143 (29 April 2011) --- Expedition 27 crew members are busy at work in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station during rendezvous and docking activities of the ISS Progress 42 supply vehicle. Pictured are Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko (left foreground), Alexander Samokutyaev (center foreground) and Dmitry Kondratyev; along with European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli (background) and NASA astronaut Ron Garan (right foreground).

ISS034-E-045742 (11 Feb. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, Expedition 34 flight engineer, removes and replaces the Waste and Hygiene Compartment (WHC) pretreat tank as part of routine in-flight maintenance in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station.

ISS034-E-056096 (26 Feb. 2013) ---Inside the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Kibo lab on the Earth-orbiting International Space Station, NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn conducts a session of the ongoing SPHERES-VERTIGO investigation. SPHERES stands for Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient Experimental Satellites. Each satellite is an 18-sided polyhedron that is 0.2 meter in diameter and weighs 3.5 kilograms.The prism-shaped device (called Goggles) which is hooked up to the red or forward-most polyhedron in the picture is called Visual Estimation and Relative Tracking for Inspection of Generic Objects (VERTIGO).

ISS040-E-080780 (28 July 2014) --- Photographed by an Expedition 40 crew member, an empty Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit is pictured near the gallery in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

ISS037-E-025915 (4 Nov. 2013) --- In the International Space Stations Kibo laboratory, NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 37 flight engineer, conducts a session with a pair of bowling-ball-sized free-flying satellites known as Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites, or SPHERES. Surrounding the two SPHERES mini-satellites is ring-shaped hardware known as the Resonant Inductive Near-field Generation System, or RINGS. SPHERES-RINGS seeks to demonstrate wireless power transfer between satellites at a distance for enhanced operations.

. iss068e044024 (Jan. 31, 2023) - Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is pictured inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock while organizing spacewalk tools and hardware. In the foreground, are two Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMUs), or spacesuits, with their helmets covered and the lower arms and gloves detached.

S124-E-007482 (8 June 2008) --- Astronauts Mark Kelly (left), STS-124 commander; Karen Nyberg, mission specialist; Ken Ham (right), pilot; and Mike Fossum, mission specialist, pose for a photo in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station as the mission's third scheduled spacewalk draws to a close.

ISS007-E-14469 (5 September 2003) --- Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, performs routine maintenance on an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suit in the Quest airlock on the International Space Station (ISS). The work represents a mid-term checkout and included emptying and refilling the suits water tank and loops, cycling relief valves, checking sensors and collecting data, a leak check and running the suits fan for two hours to lubricate it.

ISS009-E-06428 (10 May 2004) --- Cosmonaut Gennady I. Padalka, Expedition 9 commander representing Russias Federal Space Agency, uses a computer in the Unity node of the International Space Station (ISS). A Russian Orlan spacesuit is visible in the foreground.

S135-E-006277 (9 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Rex Walheim, STS-135 mission specialist, is pictured on the middeck of the space shuttle Atlantis during the mission's second day of activities in Earth orbit.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Jessica Watkins is pictured during maintenance operations inside the International Space Station's Tranquility module.

S130-E-009064 (16 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Stephen Robinson (left), Nicholas Patrick and Robert Behnken, all STS-130 mission specialists, work in the Harmony node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.

ISS026-E-012167 (25 Dec. 2010) --- Three of the six crew members aboard the International Space Station peek out of their sleeping quarters on Christmas morning to view the stations decorations and gifts. Shown, from left, are European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, Expedition 26 flight engineer, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, Expedition 26 commander, and NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman, flight engineer

ISS019-E-007584 (18 April 2009) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 19/20 flight engineer, uses a vacuum cleaner during housekeeping operations in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

iss064e005564 (Nov. 24, 2020) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins works inside the Columbus laboratory module for the Grasp experiment that explores how the central nervous system, specifically hand-eye coordination, adapts to weightlessness.

ISS026-E-027985 (21 Feb. 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri (foreground) and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, both Expedition 26 flight engineers, conduct an ATV approach and docking onboard training (OBT) run in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS035-E-010424 (30 March 2013) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 35 flight engineer, works with the loading and unloading of supplies in the Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) of the Earth-orbiting International Space Station.

ISS005-E-11311 (27 August 2002) --- Cosmonaut Valery G. Korzun, Expedition Five mission commander, uses an amateur radio in the functional cargo block (FGB) on the International Space Station (ISS). Korzun represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS038-E-008287 (24 Nov. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 38 flight engineer, works with tanks from the Advanced Recycle Filter Tank Assembly (ARFTA) in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station.

ISS015-E-15644 (2 July 2007) --- Cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikhin (left), Expedition 15 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, and astronaut Clayton C. Anderson, flight engineer, work with an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station.

ISS021-E-019011 (1 Nov. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, Expedition 21 flight engineer, is pictured in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

iss063e041665 (July 9, 2020) --- Roscosmos Flight Engineers (from left) Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner practice a simulated emergency evacuation of the International Space Station on a computer inside the Zvezda service module. The duo with Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy (out of frame) spent the afternoon reviewing procedures for quickly entering their Soyuz MS-16 crew ship for a rapid undocking and Earth re-entry.

ISS038-E-005016 (20 Nov. 2013) --- At a window in the International Space Stations Zvezda Service Module, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Expedition 38 commander, uses a digital camera photospectral system to perform a session for the Albedo Experiment. The experiment measures Earths albedo, or the amount of solar radiation reflected from the surface, in the hopes to develop methods to harness the reflected radiation to supplement the stations power supply. The light reflection phenomenon is measured in units called albedo.

ISS040-E-014615 (18 June 2014) --- In the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory, NASA astronauts Steve Swanson (top), Expedition 40 commander; and Reid Wiseman, flight engineer, conduct test runs of the SPHERES-Slosh experiment, using the soccer-ball-sized, free-flying satellites known as Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites, or SPHERES. The SPHERES-Slosh investigation uses small robotic satellites on the space station to examine how liquids move around inside containers in microgravity.

S126-E-007554 (15 Nov. 2008) --- Astronaut Steve Bowen, STS-126 mission specialist, is pictured on the middeck of Space Shuttle Endeavour during flight day two activities. Astronaut Sandra Magnus, mission specialist, is visible in the background.

iss042e046171 (12/16/2018) --- Photographic documentation taken during the Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) test run in the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM). European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti is visible conducting the test.

ISS027-E-008228 (26 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, Expedition 27 flight engineer, holds a bag of space seeds near a window in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

iss050e054558 (03/05/2017) --- NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson signs a bulkhead on the International Space Station next to the Expedition 50 crew patch.

JSC2009-E-244237 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut George Zamka, STS-130 commander, works with an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit during a training session in an International Space Station mock-up/trainer in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

S126-E-010247 (24 Nov. 2008) --- Astronauts Steve Bowen (left) and Shane Kimbrough, both STS-126 mission specialists, attired in their Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits, are pictured in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station as the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA) draws to a close. Astronauts Chris Ferguson, commander; and Sandra Magnus, Expedition 18 flight engineer, assist with the doffing of the spacesuits.

iss050e042164 (02/13/2017) --- NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson (right) and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet setup the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) for the Microgravity Expanded Stem Cells (MESC) experiment. MESC cultivates human stem cells aboard the International Space Station for use in clinical trials to evaluate their use in treating disease. Results also advance future studies on how to scale up expansion of stem cells for treating stroke and other conditions.

S126-E-007491 (16 Nov. 2008) --- Astronauts Shane Kimbrough (foreground), STS-126 mission specialist; and Eric Boe, pilot, refer to checklists as they work controls on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour during flight day three activities.

ISS030-E-051104 (27 Jan. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, works on a Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellite (SPHERES) in a portable glovebox facility in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS020-E-005984 (2 June 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer, works with the Water Recovery System Recycle Filter Tank Assembly (RFTA) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

iss059e007838 (April 1, 2019) --- (From right) Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin and Commander Oleg Kononenko, both cosmonauts from Roscosmos, train for the arrival of the Russian Progress 72 (72P) resupply ship. The Expedition 59 duo inside the Zvezda service module practiced using the TORU, a backup manual docking system, to guide the 72P to a docking in the unlikely event the resupply ships automatic Kurs docking system failed.

ISS017-E-018977 (9 Oct. 2008) --- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, Expedition 17 flight engineer, works in the Kibo laboratory to move a zero-g stowage rack (ZSR) during a relocation task. The ZSR was previously in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

View of NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy (left) and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano (right), Expedition 36 flight engineers, preparing for a dry run in the International Space Stations Quest airlock in preparation for the first of two sessions of extravehicular (EVA) scheduled for July 9 and July 16. Both have donned their EMUs. Astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expetition 36 flight engineer, is visible in the center.

iss061e092861 (Dec. 19, 2019) --- Expedition 61 Flight Engineers (clockwise from bottom) Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir of NASA and cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos brush up on their emergency response skills. The three crewmates practiced quickly entering their Soyuz crew ship and simulated emergency undocking and descent procedures in the unlikely event they would need to evacuate the station.

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ISS037-E-004816 (27 Sept. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 37 flight engineer, stows items in a locker in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS022-E-019991 (6 Jan. 2010) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, Expedition 22 flight engineer, is pictured near the Japanese Experiment Module Remote Manipulator System (JEMRMS) Small Fine Arm (SFA) in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS023-E-031287 (3 May 2010) --- Attired in their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (center), Expedition 23 commander; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer (left) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers, are pictured in the Unity node of the International Space Station. Kotov, Noguchi and Creamer were about to conduct a standard suit leak check in preparation for the scheduled relocation of the Soyuz 21 (TMA-17) spacecraft from the Zarya nadir port to the Zvezda Service Module's aft port on May 12, 2010.

ISS020-E-008964 (14 June 2009) --- NASA astronaut Michael Barratt (left) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, both Expedition 20 flight engineers, work in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.

S129-E-009903 (25 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Nicole Stott, STS-129 mission specialist, is seen on the middeck of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Atlantis as the scheduled eleven-day mission winds down toward an end.In less than two days, she will set foot on terra firma for the first time in almost three months, having served as a flight engineer aboard the International Space Station.

ISS027-E-013205 (15 April 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev, Expedition 27 flight engineer, wearing in a work apron, is pictured in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

S124-E-005912 (3 June 2008) --- Astronauts Mark Kelly (right), STS-124 commander, and Garrett Reisman, mission specialist, assist astronauts Mike Fossum (left) and Ron Garan (out of frame), mission specialists, in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station prior to the start of the mission's first scheduled session of extravehicular activity (EVA) while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station.

iss060e067893 (Sept. 16, 2019) --- Expedition 60 Flight Engineer Andrew Morgan of NASA jogs while attached to the COLBERT (Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill) located inside the International Space Station's Tranquility module.

ISS036-E-015549 (5 July 2013) --- In the International Space Stations Kibo laboratory, NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 flight engineer, watches as he devotes some time with the long-running SPHERES experiment, also known as Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites. The experiment is run in conjunction with students who program bowling ball-sized satellites using algorithms. The free-floating satellites are programmed to perform maneuvers potentially influencing the design of future missions.

ISS030-E-012609 (16 Dec. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank (foreground), Expedition 30 commander, and Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, flight engineer, participate in a Crew Health Care System (CHeCS) medical contingency drill in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. This drill gives crew members the opportunity to work as a team in resolving a simulated medical emergency onboard the space station.

ISS018-E-029165 (9 Feb. 2009) --- Astronaut Sandra Magnus, Expedition 18 flight engineer, holds two still cameras while looking through a window in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS017-E-012047 (30 July 2008) --- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, Expedition 17 flight engineer, works with an experiment in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

iss051e040053 (May 9, 2017) --- Air Force colonel and NASA astronaut Jack "2Fish" Fischer is pictured wearing a U.S. spacesuit during a fit check in preparation for his first spacewalk that took place May 12, 2017. This was also the 200th spacewalk in support of International Space Station maintenance and assembly.

iss060e015700 --- (7/28/2019) - Photo documentation of the the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Moderate Temperature Protein Crystallization Growth (JAXA Moderate Temp PCG) investigation in the KIBO laboratory aboard the International Space Station (ISS). This research contributes to understanding of how the microgravity environment of space can be used in a productive capacity.

ISS032-E-018083 (15 Aug. 2012) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 32 flight engineer, performs the Health Maintenance System (HMS) Eye Exam - PanOptic in the Harmony node of the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, flight engineer, assisted Hoshide.

. iss069e014400 (May 16, 2023) - Expedition 69 Flight Engineers (from left) Sultan Alneyadi of UAE (United Arab Emirates) and Woody Hoburg of NASA pose for a portrait inside the vestibule between the Unity module and the Tranquility module during maintenance activities aboard the International Space Station.

. iss070e002150 (Oct. 5, 2023) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa loads camera and light hardware into the Kibo laboratory module's airlock that will be installed outside the International Space Station.

S129-E-006812 (19 Nov. 2009) --- In the Quest airlock, astronauts Mike Foreman (left) and Robert L. Satcher Jr. (right), STS-129 mission specialists, get ready for their flight day four space walk, as astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh (second left), commander, and Leland Melvin, mission specialist, stay close at hand to assist them.

iss055e008292 (April 2, 2018) --- Astronauts Ricky Arnold and Scott Tingle scrub water cooling loops inside a pair of U.S. spacesuits after the completion of spacewalk on March 29, 2018.

S117-E-07132 (12 June 2007) --- Astronaut John "Danny" Olivas, STS-117 mission specialist, poses with two Russian Orlan spacesuits in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Atlantis was docked with the station.

S96-E-5150 (02 June 1999) --- Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, STS-96 mission specialist, in the SpaceHab module aboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery. The photograph was taken with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 01:14:12, June 2, 1999.

Expedition 61 cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos has his Sokol suit pressure checked a few hours ahead of his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Expedition 61 astronaut Jessica Meir of NASA and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Meir, Skripochka, and Almansoori will launch on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station.

ISS036-E-048265 (10 Sept. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov (top right), Expedition 36 commander; along with NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy (bottom right) and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, both flight engineers, are pictured in the Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft currently docked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) of the International Space Station. The trio is preparing to undock from Poisk in their Soyuz spacecraft, ending a five-and-a-half month stay at the station.

iss064e004880 (Nov. 17, 2020) --- (From left) Expedition 64 Commander Sergey Ryzhikov and Flight Engineer Sergey Kud-Sverchkov are pictured awaiting four new crewmates to enter the International Space Station after the SpaceX Crew Dragon vehicle docked to the forward port of the Harmony module.

ISS026-E-018429 (18 Jan. 2011) --- Attired in blue thermal undergarments that complement the Russian Orlan spacesuit, Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Kondratyev (left) and Oleg Skripochka, both Expedition 26 flight engineers, prepare to don and check out their Orlan spacesuits in preparation for a spacewalk scheduled for Jan. 21, 2011. During the spacewalk Kondratyev and Skripochka will complete the installation of a new high-speed data transmission system, remove an old plasma pulse experiment, install a camera for the new Rassvet docking module and retrieve a materials exposure package.

S125-E-009846 (18 May 2009) --- Astronauts John Grunsfeld (left) and Andrew Feustel, both STS-125 mission specialists, attired in their Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits; along with astronaut Megan McArthur, mission specialist, are pictured in the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis airlock as they prepare for the missions fifth and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA).

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