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International Space Station
This long exposure photograph was taken during an orbital night period from the International Space Station 271 miles above the Indian Ocean. The Milky Way extends above the airglow blanketing the Earth's horizon with an aurora near the bottom right of the frame.
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International Space Station Configuration: Five spaceships are parked at the space station including the SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom; the Northrop Grumman Cygnus space freighter; and Russia's Soyuz MS-21 crew ship and the Progress 80 and 81 resupply ships.
On Monday at 10:20 a.m. Central time, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus NG CRS-17 engine was scheduled to fire for 5 minutes, 1 second to test the cargo craft’s ability to reboost the International Space Station in the future. The engine firing was aborted after five seconds. Cygnus’ Mission Director at Dulles, Virginia reported the cause for the abort is under review.
NASA and Northrop Grumman flight controllers are reviewing data from today’s attempt and will develop a plan for the next steps needed to continue development of this enhanced capability as a standard service for NASA.
The Expedition 67 crew, which was never in any danger, is continuing its regular regime of work aboard the complex, which is orbiting around 260 miles above the Earth.
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NASA astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Bob Hines is pictured during cargo operations and inventory tasks inside the Cygnus space freighter from Northrop Grumman.
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Northrop Grummans's Cygnus space freighter, with its prominent cymbal-shaped UltraFlex solar arrays, is pictured approaching the International Space Station on Feb. 21, 2022, carrying 8,300 pounds of new science experiments, crew supplies, and station hardware
Astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins, and Samantha Cristoforetti have been loading the Cygnus resupply ship with trash and discarded gear ahead of its departure on Thursday, June 23.
On Saturday, June 18, the Cygnus spacecraft will perform its first limited reboost of the space station. Cygnus’ gimbaled delta velocity engine will be used to adjust the station’s orbit through a reboost of the altitude of the space station.
This Cygnus mission is the first to feature this enhanced capability as a standard service for NASA, following a test of the maneuver which was performed in 2018 during Cygnus’s ninth resupply mission.
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ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti works on U.S. spacesuits inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock.
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This week on Down to Earth: Conversations, former NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and astronaut Warren "Woody" Hoburg explore what it's like to adapt to life on station.
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ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti is pictured inside the seven-windowed cupola, the International Space Station's "window to the world," while orbiting 264 miles above Kazakhstan.
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The #Crew4 astronauts enjoy the view (and gummy bears) while approaching the Space Station on April 27, 2022. More Crew-4 pix.. https://flic.kr/s/aHsmXaCgRq
iss067e034505 (April 27, 2022) --- NASA astronauts (from left) Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins, and Bob Hines, Crew-4 Commander, Mission Specialist, and Pilot, respectively, are pictured looking out the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft’s windows during their journey to the International Space Station.
iss067e034503 (April 27, 2022) --- NASA astronauts Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins, Crew-4 Pilot and Mission Specialist respectively, are pictured inside the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft during their journey to the International Space Station.
iss067e034536 (April 27, 2022) --- ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, Crew-4 Mission Specialist, is pictured looking out the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft’s windows during her journey to the International Space Station.
iss067e034508 (April 27, 2022) --- NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines, Crew-4 Mission Specialist and Pilot respectively, are pictured looking out the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft’s windows during their journey to the International Space Station.
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The rivers, deltas, lakes, and islands of our blue planet are seen from the Space Station. 🌍 More Earth pix.. https://flic.kr/s/aHsmACYoYM
(1) Maladum Natl. Park, Malaysia (2) The Nile Delta (3) Mt. Etna, Sicily (4) The North Aral Sea and Barsakelmes Lake, Kazakhstan
iss067e119830 (June 7, 2022) --- Maludam National Park in East Malaysia is composed of low-lying forests and several rivers that empty into the South China Sea. The International Space Station was orbiting 261 miles above the Maludam Peninsula when this photograph was taken.
iss067e090312 (May 29, 2022) --- The Nile Delta is pictured from the International Space Station at an altitude of 262 miles above the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel. The sun's glint beams off the Rosetta and the Damietta branches of the Nile River at the base of the Nile Delta.
iss067e107088 (June 2, 2022) --- Mount Etna, Europe's tallest active volcano on the coast of Italy's island of Sicily, is pictured billowing with activity as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles above Bulgaria.
iss067e090063 (May 29, 2022) --- The North Aral Sea and Barsakelmes Lake in Kazakhstan are pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 263 miles above the Central Asian nation.
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This long-duration photograph was taken from the International Space Station at an altitude of 259 miles above the island nation of Vanuatu northeast of Australia. The Milky Way is pictured above Earth's atmospheric glow blanketing the planet's horizon.
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Expedition 67 astronauts (clockwise from bottom) Samantha Cristoforetti, Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins, smile for a portrait from inside the Boeing Starliner vehicle on May 24, 2022.
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Expedition 67 crew members pose with fresh fruit flying weightlessly in microgravity delivered recently aboard the Progress 81 (81P) cargo craft. The 81P docked to the Zvezda service module's rear port aboard the International Space Station after a three-and-half-hour trip that began with a launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Pictured from left are, Roscosmos Flight Engineer Sergey Korsakov; ESA (European Space Agency) Flight Engineer Samantha Cristofretti; Roscosmos Flight Engineer Denis Matveev; and NASA Flight Engineers Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines.
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The waxing crescent Moon is pictured above Earth's atmosphere illuminated by an orbital sunset as the International Space Station flew 258 miles above the Atlantic Ocean.
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NASA and SpaceX are standing down from this week’s Falcon 9 launch of the CRS-25 cargo mission to the International Space Station. Officials from NASA and SpaceX met today to discuss an issue identified over the weekend and the best path forward.
During propellant loading of the Dragon spacecraft, elevated vapor readings of mono-methyl hydrazine (MMH) were measured in an isolated region of the Draco thruster propulsion system. The propellant and oxidizer have been offloaded from that region to support further inspections and testing. Once the exact source of the elevated readings is identified and cause is determined, the joint NASA and SpaceX teams will determine and announce a new target launch date.
A portion of the SpaceX Cargo Dragon vehicle is pictured at lower left as the International Space Station orbited 264 miles above northern France in September of 2021. The long-exposure photograph also reveals Earth's atmospheric glow and stars above the horizon.
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