Results tagged “ISS”

Sam Cristoforetti ‏@AstroSamantha Good night from #space. Buona notte dallo spazio.

In space Samantha Cristoforetti honors Leonard Nimoy/Spock by continuing the Vulcan science officer tradition on ISS. Imagery by Michael Okuda.

Sam Cristoforetti @AstroSamantha "Of all the souls I have encountered.. his was the most human." Thx @TheRealNimoy for bringing Spock to life for us.

Sam Cristoforetti @AstroSamantha Follow the Orange river into the ocean. It marks the border between #SouthAfrica and #Namibia. #HelloEarth

ESA's fifth automated cargo ferry completed its mission to the International Space Station today when it reentered the atmosphere and burned up safely over an uninhabited area of the southern Pacific Ocean.

Earth view taken by US Astronaut Terry Virts, Flight Engineer for Expedition 42 on the International Space Station Jan. 31, 2014.

NASA Astronauts @NASA_Astronauts "#Baltimore reaching toward #WashingtonDC. They look like #yellow #spiderwebs with #blue water droplets" #AstroButch

Terry W. Virts ‏@AstroTerry Feb 8 Enormous shadows cast hundreds of miles from these clouds

European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti took this photograph from the International Space Station and posted it to social media on Jan. 30, 2015.

@NASA_Astronauts "More beautiful Earth textures! It could almost be #Mars..." #AstroButch

Oleg Artemyev @OlegMKS Над #Африка #МКС (Over the #Africa #ISS) #BlueDot

Bob Behnken @Chief_Astronaut - Our Earth's color palette is amazing! MT @NASA_Astronauts: "As far as the eye can see #Africa" #AstroButch

Next Monday, ESA astronaut Samantha Christoforetti will float into Europe's space ferry to install a special infrared camera, set to capture unique interior views of the spacecraft's break-up on reentry.

This soft-focus image from the International Space Station during Expedition 37 shows the Elba-Follonica-Grosseto-Orbetello area of Italy at night, with moonglint on the surrounding waters.

Sam Cristoforetti‏ - @AstroSamantha - A barren African landscape #HelloEarth

@AstroSamantha: Good night from #space!

@NASA_Astronauts "As far as you can see over the horizon. #Moonrising" #AstroButch

A number of Rosetta images of comet 67P were released today. One in particular was dramatic and included a scale bar. We began to wonder what it would be like if something familiar were to visit.

Sam Cristoforetti @AstroSamantha Shades of blue in the #Himalaya. Sfumature di blu nell'Himalaya. #ColorsOfTheEarth

Sam Cristoforetti @AstroSamantha And a look from above into the eye of the cyclone! E uno sguardo dall'alto nell'occhio del ciclone. #Bansi