Photos: 25 images depict 20 years aboard the International Space Station
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Views from the ISS
Views from the ISS
Scott Kelly snapped this photo showing the Milky Way in vivid detail.
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Views from the ISS
Views from the ISS
Astronaut Scott Kelly snapped this photo of an aurora and posted the image to Twitter in June 2015.
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Expedition 56
Members of the Expedition 56 crew snapped this photo of the ISS in 2018.
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Space station assembly
Space station assembly
The early space station during assembly.
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Docking with the space station
Docking with the space station
Space Shuttle Endeavour docked with the ISS in 2011.
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ISS spacewalks
Cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov during a spacewalk on Expedition 40.
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ISS spacewalks
Astronaut Chris Cassidy installing batteries during a spacewalk.
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Inside the ISS
Astronauts outfit a pair of spacesuits within the space station’s Quest airlock.
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Commander snapshots
Commander snapshots
Expedition 34 commander, Kevin Ford, as seen through a water bubble floating inside of the space station.
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Growing vegetables in space
Growing vegetables in space
Shane Kimbrough floats inside of the space station alongside the harvest from a recent onboard investigation.
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3D printing in the final frontier
3D printing in the final frontier
The space station has a functioning 3D printer onboard to help astronauts print materials in situ. In this photo, Astronaut Barry Wilmore displays a ratchet printed on the space station.
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Views from the cupola
Views from the cupola
Astronaut Chris Cassidy snaps photographs while inside of the space station’s cupola.
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Space station dining
Space station dining
Astronaut Sunita Williams displays a meal on the ISS.
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Space station dining
Space station dining
Members of the Expedition 53 crew showcase pizzas crafted aboard the ISS.
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Evenings aboard the ISS
Evenings aboard the ISS
This photo was snapped on Expedition 40 and provides a glimpse of what the space station looks like while onboard astronauts sleep.
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