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With each expedition to the International Space Station, the crew takes images of the Earth views, the orbiting station, their daily lives aboard and the experiments they conducted during their stay, plus so much more.

iss071-s-002 (Oct. 4, 2023) --- The official Expedition 71 crew portrait with (bottom row from left) Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin...
iss071-s-002 (Oct. 4, 2023) --- The official Expedition 71 crew portrait with (bottom row from left) Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin and NASA astronauts Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Jeanette Epps. In the back row (from left) are, NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson and Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and Oleg Kononenko.
iss071e000901 (April 6, 2024) --- Expedition 71 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps works in the BioFabrication Facility portable...
Expedition 71 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps works in the BioFabrication Facility portable glovebag located in the International Space Station's Columbus laboratory module. She was working on the Redwire Cardiac Bioprinting Investigation that may offer the ability to print food and medicines for future space crews. Results may also enable the bioprinting of replacement organs and tissues potentially alleviating the shortage of donor organs on Earth.
iss071e037626 (April 23, 2024) --- Expedition 71 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson services components and cleans hardware...
Expedition 71 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson services components and cleans hardware inside the Advanced Space Experiment Processor, a research device that can host a variety of space biology experiments, located in the International Space Station's Columbus laboratory.
iss071e040122 (April 23, 2024) --- Expedition 71 Flight Engineers Tracy C. Dyson and Matthew Dominick, both NASA astronauts, collect research...
iss071e040122 (April 23, 2024) --- Expedition 71 Flight Engineers Tracy C. Dyson and Matthew Dominick, both NASA astronauts, collect research samples preserved inside science freezers aboard the International Space Station. The duo then transferred the samples and packed them inside the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft for return to Earth and analysis in laboratories.
iss070e123850 (March 20, 2024) --- Expedition 70 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Mike Barratt shows off an Astrobee robotic free-flyer...
Expedition 70 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Mike Barratt shows off an Astrobee robotic free-flyer that will be controlled by student-written code in a competition to inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers, and explorers.
iss070e108772 (March 6, 2024) -- Expedition 70 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick tests out pressure cuffs on his...
iss070e108772 (March 6, 2024) -- Expedition 70 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick tests out pressure cuffs on his thighs, which will be used to examine whether wearing the cuffs in microgravity changes the way fluid moves around inside the body.
iss071e041625 (April 24, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Jeanette Epps extracts DNA samples from bacteria colonies...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Jeanette Epps extracts DNA samples from bacteria colonies for genomic analysis aboard the International Space Station's Harmony module. The research work may help researchers understand how bacteria adapts to weightlessness and develop ways to protect space crews and humans on Earth.
iss071e019819 (April 22, 2024) NASA astronaut Mike Barratt processes brain organoid samples made from the neural cells of patients with...
Barratt is wearing blue latex gloves, a navy shirt, glasses, and a headset and has his arms inside the white sleeves of a large glovebox. He is holding sample syringes in each hand. The back side and work surface of the box are shiny silver and the top of it is a slanted piece of clear plastic.
iss070e132878 (March 31, 2024) Expedition 70 NASA Astronauts (from left) Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Loral O'Hara take photos of...
Expedition 70 Flight Engineers (from left) Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Loral O'Hara take photos of the Earth from inside the cupola. Barratt and O’Hara hold large lens cameras, pointing towards the cupola window facing the Earth. Dominick floats behind them also looking up at cupola window. The photo is taken with a fisheye lense causing the photo a circular appearance.
iss070e024027 (Nov. 13, 2023) --- The space station’s cupola windows provide the crew a unique view of the planet. For...
The western coast of Chile is visible through the middle window of the cupola. A solar array can be seen through a window on the left and in the center, a portion of Northrop Grumman's cymbal-shaped solar array. The Roscosmos segment of the station is visible in the bottom right.
iss070-s-002 (March 6, 2023) --- The official Expedition 70 crew portrait with (top row from left) Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub,...
The official Expedition 70 crew portrait with (top row from left) Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Konstantin Borisov, and Oleg Kononenko; JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa; and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara. In the front row are, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 70 Commander Andreas Mogensen and NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli.
iss070e000392 (Sept. 28, 2023) -- NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O'Hara is pictured working with the Microgravity...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O'Hara is pictured working with the Microgravity Science Glovebox, a contained environment crew members use to handle hazardous materials for various research investigations in space.
iss070e000500 (Sept. 29, 2023) --- ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 70 Commander Andreas Mogensen works on a spacesuit...
ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 70 Commander Andreas Mogensen works on a spacesuit with his nation's flag patch (Mogensen is from Denmark) inside the Quest airlock aboard the International Space Station.
iss070e000559 (Sept. 29, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli prepares external hardware for retraction inside...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli prepares external hardware for retraction inside the Kibo laboratory module's airlock aboard the International Space Station.
A sample of fabric burns inside an uncrewed Cygnus cargo craft during a previous Spacecraft Fire Safety Experiment investigation, Saffire-IV.
Green fabric burns from left to right with particles of ash on the left and a flame line in the center.
iss070e00324 (Sept. 28, 2023) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa packs hardware...
iss070e00324 (Sept. 28, 2023) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa packs hardware inside the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, aboard the International Space Station.
iss070e000004 (Sept. 27, 2023) -- NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli participates in virtual reality spacewalk training...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli participates in virtual reality spacewalk training using SAFER, or Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue.
Astronaut Andreas Mogensen processes blood samples and prepares them for stowage inside a Kubik research incubator aboard the International Space...
Astronaut Andreas Mogensen processes blood samples
iss070e000501 (Sept. 29, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O'Hara sets up an exercise cycle for...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O'Hara sets up an exercise cycle for a workout session inside the Destiny laboratory module aboard the International Space Station.
Astronaut Andreas Mogensen works out on the exercise cycle inside the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module.
Astronaut Andreas Mogensen works out on the exercise cycle
NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara partner together and work on the Cold Atom Lab.
NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara
Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli services microbe samples for DNA sequencing aboard the International Space Station.
Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli services microbe samples
iss070e00391 (Sept. 28, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O'Hara removes space physics research hardware from...
iss070e00391 (Sept. 28, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O'Hara removes space physics research hardware from inside the Destiny laboratory module's Microgravity Science Glovebox aboard the International Space Station.
Astronaut Frank Rubio checks tomato plants growing inside the International Space Station for the XROOTS space botany study.
Astronaut Frank Rubio checks tomato plants for the XROOTS study
Astronaut Woody Hoburg tests the ability to use augmented reality goggles for maintenance aboard the International Space Station.
Astronaut Woody Hoburg tests augmented reality goggles
NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio works on thinning Arabidopsis seedlings in Plant Habitat-03 aboard the International...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio works on thinning Arabidopsis seedlings in Plant Habitat-03 aboard the International Space Station.
Astronaut Woody Hoburg works on physics research inside the Destiny laboratory module's Microgravity Science Glovebox.
Astronaut Woody Hoburg works on physics research
Astronaut Frank Rubio services the BioFabrication Facility, a research device designed to print organ-like tissues in microgravity.
Astronaut Frank Rubio services the BioFabrication Facility
iss065e026996 (5/8/2021) --- NASA astronaut Megan McArthur services donor cells inside the Kibo laboratory module's Life Science Glovebox for the...
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei works inside the Life Science Glovebox (LSG) for the Celestial Immunity study that may provide...
image of astronaut’s hands wearing blue gloves as he works on an experiment inside a glovebox
jsc2021e036657 (8/11/2021) --- Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings following 9 days of growth on 1.2% agar-based media in petri dishes in the...
iss068e045013 (Feb. 2, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Josh Cassada uses a watering syringe to water...
jsc2021e019402 (8/6/2016) --- Juvenile bobtail squid swimming in seawater just after hatching. The bobtail squid are born without their symbiotic...
jsc2022e042483 (5/19/2022) --- Image showing impaired wound healing due to immunosenescence. Image courtesy of Prof. Sonja Schrepfer, UCSF.
iss068e028254_alt (Dec. 9, 2022) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Nicole Mann removes a small satellite deployer from...
iss068e018681 (Oct. 25, 2022) --- View of tomatoes growing in the eXposed Root On-Orbit Test System (XROOTS) facility. The tomatoes...
jsc2022e042482 (5/19/2022) --- Image of mesenchymal stromal cells which are essential for bone, wound, and cartilage repair. Image courtesy of...
iss068e029649 (Dec. 14, 2022) --- Astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)...
jsc2022e031237 (3/28/2022) --- A preflight image of BioNutrients-2 Yogurt Bags on SABL Tray Mockup, after completing 24hr incubation. The fully-yellow...
iss068e020703 (Nov. 7, 2022) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Nicole Mann works with a pair of free-flying,...