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The ‘Edge’ of the Earth (NASA, International Space Station Science, 09/04/10)

The thin line of Earth’s atmosphere and the blackness of space are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 24 crew member on the International Space Station.

Image credit: NASA

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More about space station science:
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/science/index.html

There’s a Flickr group about Space Station Science. Please feel welcome to join! www.flickr.com/groups/stationscience/

By: NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

Earth and International Space Station (NASA, 04/17/10)

Editor’s Note: Too pretty not to share!

Backdropped by Earth’s horizon and the blackness of space, the International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS-131 crew member on space shuttle Discovery after the station and shuttle began their post-undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 7:52 a.m. (CDT) on April 17, 2010.

Image/caption credit: NASA

spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-23/html/…

More about space station science:
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/science/index.html

There’s a Flickr group about Space Station Science. Please feel welcome to join! www.flickr.com/groups/stationscience/

By: NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

Earth’s Horizon (NASA, International Space Station Science, 5/31/09)

Backdropped by Earth’s horizon and the blackness of space, a portion of the International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 20 crew member aboard the station.

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More about the Crew Earth Observation experiment aboard the International Space Station:
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/science/experiments/CE…

More about space station science:
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/science/index.html

By: NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

International Space Station (NASA, 09/08/09)

(High-rez) 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-128 and Expedition 20 crew concluded nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 2:26 p.m. (CDT) on Sept. 8, 2009.

By: NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center