A crewmember on the joint STS-135/Expediton 28 aggregation photographed this image of parts of Mexico, including Baja California the Gulf of Cortez. Ten astronauts and cosmonauts are currently aboard the joint Atlantis/station complex sharing chores. This photo opportunity presented itself on July 12 — a very busy spacewalk day. Image credit: NASA Original image: spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-28/html/… [...]
Editor’s Note: This is an archive image from 2006. Gibraltar Bay, located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula in the western Mediterranean Sea, is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 14 crewmember on the International Space Station. According to scientists, the famous Rock of Gibraltar that forms the northeastern border of [...]
Editor’s Note: This is an archive image from 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 14 crewmember on the International Space Station. The location of New Orleans, in a shallow depression within unconsolidated deltaic sediments, makes it particularly vulnerable to subsidence and increased likelihood of flooding. The average elevation [...]
Most of the Hawaiian Islands and Earth’s horizon are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 15 crewmember on the International Space Station. Image/caption credit: NASA spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-15/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
Smoke plumes from a forest fire in the Gallatin National Forest, Montana is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 15 crewmember on the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-118) was docked with the station. Image credit: NASA Read full caption: spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-15/html/… More about the Crew Earth Observation experiment aboard the International [...]
The profile of the atmosphere and a setting sun are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 15 crewmember on the International Space Station. Image/caption credit: NASA Read full caption: spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-15/html/… 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 There’s a Flickr group [...]