Flying hundreds of miles above Earth, astronauts aboard the International Space Station photographed Lake Hazlett and Lake Willis in Western Australia’s Great Sandy Desert.
Colorado River Agriculture
Looking down on the desert vistas of the southwestern United States, an astronaut took this photograph of a short section of the Colorado River.
Space Station Astronaut Photographs Full Length of Lake Powell
A panorama photograph taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station shows nearly the full length of Lake Powell, the reservoir on the Colorado River in southern Utah and northern Arizona.
National Space Society Congratulates Orbital ATK and ULA on Cygnus Launch to ISS Using Atlas V
Washington DC, Dec. 6, 2015—On December 6, 2015, at 4:44 pm EST, a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket launched an Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the NASA Commercial Resupply Services contract. This is...
Good Morning From International Space Station
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, currently on a year-long mission on the International Space Station, took this photograph of a sunrise and posted it to social media on Aug. 10, 2015.
Robotic Arms Secure CATS Instrument on ISS
Robotic arms installed the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) laser instrument aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on Jan. 22, 2015. The instrument will measure clouds and the location and distribution of pollution, mineral dust, smoke and other particles in the atmosphere.
Astronauts Image Florida at Night
The Florida peninsula is easily recognizable from space, even at night, in this image taken from the International Space Station in October 2014.
Geoflow’s “Mini-Earth” to Produce New Findings Concerning Earth’s Convection Currents
PARIS, Oct. 21, 2014—Geoflow, the geophysical experimental system built by Airbus Defence and Space on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA), is once again being used on board the International Space Station (ISS). In the coming weeks, the laboratory’s...
Ocean Wind Speed Detector Sent to ISS
A new Earth observation instrument was among the cargo of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft launched to the International Space Station (ISS) Sept. 20, 2014.
