Views from the ISS

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Views from the ISS

Scott Kelly snapped this photo showing the Milky Way in vivid detail.

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Views from the ISS

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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

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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

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Space station assembly

The early space station during assembly.

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Docking with the space station

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Docking with the space station

Space Shuttle Endeavour docked with the ISS in 2011.

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ISS spacewalks

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ISS spacewalks

Cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov during a spacewalk on Expedition 40. 

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ISS spacewalks

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ISS spacewalks

Astronaut Chris Cassidy installing batteries during a spacewalk.

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Inside the ISS

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Views from the cupola

Astronaut Chris Cassidy snaps photographs while inside of the space station’s cupola.

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Space station dining

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Space station dining

Astronaut Sunita Williams displays a meal on the ISS.

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Space station dining

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Space station dining

Members of the Expedition 53 crew showcase pizzas crafted aboard the ISS.

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Evenings aboard the ISS

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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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