ISS Startrails
This ISS Startrails video was achieved by “stacking” image sequences provided by NASA from the crew at International Space Station – ISS. These “stacks” create the Star Trails, but furthermore make interesting patterns visible. Watch the video…
Expedition 33 crew is preparing for launch
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 33 crew is preparing for launch and share a playful moment during the first of two so-called “fit check” dress rehearsal sessions, on Oct. 10, 2012. Image credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov
Tiny Satellites Leave Station
Three small satellites are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 33 crew member on the International Space Station (ISS). A portion of the station’s solar array panels and a blue and white part of Earth provide the backdrop for the scene. Image credit: NASA/ISS033
Forest Fires in Idaho
This image of the Mustang Complex wildland fires in Idaho, was captured by one of the Expedition 33 crew members aboard the International Space Station, from an altitude of approximately 260 statute miles. Close to 300,000 acres have been burned by the Mustang fires. Larger image Image credit: NASA
New York on September 11, 2001 from ISS
This photo of New York City (and other parts of New York as well) was taken the morning of September 11, 2001. Visible from International Space Station, a smoke plume rises from the Manhattan area after two planes crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center. Image credit: NASA
The Italian Boot from ISS
Photographed by one of the Expedition 32 crew members aboard the International Space Station, this night time panorama of Italy and Greece on the right, from an altitude approximately 240 miles above the Mediterranean Sea on Aug. 18, 2012. Image Credit: NASA
Sunita Williams on Spacewalk
Expedition 32 flight engineer, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, appears to touch the bright sun during the mission’s third session of extravehicular activity (EVA) on Sept. 5, 2012. Image Credit: NASA
A Strandplain on coastal Peru
This image by an Expedition 32 crew member on the International Space Station- ISS, features a strandplain on coastal Peru. Numerous subparallel lines (center) along the arid, difficult to see from the ground, but visible from orbit. Image credit: NASA
Earth Illuminated
The International Space Station (ISS) provides a unique vantage point to view our home planet. Stunning time-lapse photography of cities, aurora, lightning and other sights are seen from orbit.
Mysterious Noctilucent Clouds as seen from the ISS
This image was taken from the ISS as it passed over the Tibetan Plateau, on June 13, 2012, when polar mesospheric clouds were also visible to aircraft flying over Canada. Image credit: NASA, Expedition 31 crew, ISS
