An Orbital Plumber At Work
NASA astronaut Nick Hague assembles and installs the Water Storage System inside the U.S. Destiny laboratory module.
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Releasing A Dragon Over South America
The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft on its 17th contracted mission to resupply mission to the International Space Station is pictured moments before being released from the Canadarm2 robotic arm.
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Earth's Limb During A Starry Night Pass
An Expedition 47 crewmember photographed the Earth's limb during a starry night pass. One of the International Space Station's solar arrays is seen in the right foreground as the orbital complex flew 255 miles above the Indian Ocean in between Indonesia and Australia.
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Orbital View Of Airliner Contrails
258 miles above the North Atlantic Ocean an Expedition 59 crewmember photographed the contrail of an aircraft flying below as the International Space Station approached the coast of Ireland.
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NASA's Next Destination Looms Outside An Orbital Window
The waxing crescent moon is photographed just above Earth's limb and the bluish hue of the atmosphere at the beginning of an orbital sunrise.
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An Orbital Sunrise Over Indonesia
The sun's first rays peek above Earth's limb highlighting the thin blue atmosphere during an orbital sunrise as the International Space Station orbited 255 miles above Indonesia.
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A Dragon Above Morocco
The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft approaches the International Space Station 256 miles above Morocco.
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Aurora Australis Viewed From Orbit
The aurora australis swirls above the Indian Ocean south of Australia as the International Space Station orbited 265 miles over Earth.
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Tracking Tropical Cyclone Fani Along Eastern India's coastline
NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites have been providing infrared, microwave and visible imagery of Tropical Cyclone Fani as it continued to move northward along the eastern coast of India.
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Crossing Earth's Terminator Above The Gulf of Guinea
The International Space Station crosses the terminator, the line that separates night and day on Earth, as it orbits 254 miles above the Gulf of Guinea on Africa's mid-western coast.