This photo was taken by the Expedition 12 crew aboard the International Space Station on 31 March 2006. It shows smoke from fires along the Himalayan Front Range in Nepal.
Sam Cristoforetti @AstroSamantha Winter looks for the Uvs Nuur Basin in #Mongolia, a precious steppe and mountain ecosystem. #UNESCO #WorldHeritage
@AstroSamantha: Hello #Netherlands and Rotterdam, where the waters of the Rhein flow into the North Sea.
Sam Cristoforetti @AstroSamantha Smooth sailing along the English channel / La Manche.(IT) Il Canale della Manica. #HelloEarth
In a milestone for space robotics, the International Space Station has hosted the first full run of ESA's experiment with a force-reflecting joystick.
This photo was taken by the Expedition 25 crew aboard the International Space Station on 4 November 2011. Pictured behind the station's solar panel are the Himalayas including the Tibetan plains, the Ganges Plain, and Lake Paiku.
Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti took this photograph of the Alps from the International Space Station, and posted it on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014.
@NASA_Astronauts: "Where is #Everest?" #AstroButch Location marked on pics 1&2. For 3rd, look in lower center under the double cloud. Larger image. More images below.
It just looks like we are flying over Mars when over the #sahara Terry W. Virts @AstroTerry
US Astronaut Terry Virts aboard the International Space Station caught this stunning image of the Red Sea and East Africa at dusk 8 December 2014.
US Astronaut Terry Virts works with the SPINSAT an expimental device aboard the International Space Station that tests movement and positioning of small satellites in space using new technology micro-thrusters.
US Astronaut Barry (Butch) Wilmore captured this ominous but interesting cloud formation aboard the International Space Station on 9 December 2014.
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European Space Agency Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti took this beautiful image of the Earth from the International Space Station on 9 December 2014.
Douglas H. Wheelock @Astro_Wheels A piece of the 'Sea of Tranquility' & Mt. Everest on the #ISS, from my 'ol pal 'Spike', @AstroDocScott
From the International Space Station, Expedition 42 Commander Barry Wilmore took this photograph of the Great Lakes and central U.S. on Dec. 7, 2014, and posted it to social media.
ESA's fifth and last Automated Transfer Vehicle tested a new technique before docking with the International Space Station in August, at the same time revealing the orbital complex in a new light.
Analysis of data from the MATROSHKA experiment, the first comprehensive measurements of long-term exposure of astronauts to cosmic radiation, has now been completed.
Turn on any local TV weather forecast and you can get a map of where skies are blue or cloudy. But for scientists trying to figure out how clouds affect the Earth's environment, what's happening inside that shifting cloud cover is critical and hard to see.
Three new crew members representing the United States, Russia and Italy are at the International Space Station (ISS).
The International Space Station's 3-D printer has manufactured the first 3-D printed object in space, paving the way to future long-term space expeditions.
