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View of a food package containing cornbread dressing, a planned Thanksgiving meal item

This stunning image of the northwest corner of Australia was snapped by a student on Earth after remotely controlling the Sally Ride EarthKAM aboard the International Space Station.

A warren of cables and systems outside of the International Space Station are photographed during a spacewalk on Nov. 6, 2015.

This image of the lunar landscape was taken by a crewmember aboard the International Space Station on Oct. 25, 2015

Outside the International Space Station, cameras captured dramatic views of Hurricane Patricia at 12:15 p.m. EDT on October 23, 2015.

Kimiya Yui (left) and Kjell Lindgren (right) work on removing items from a storage rack located inside the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory.

The International Space Station Multilateral Coordination Board (MCB) has approved a major update to the station docking system standard.

Expedition 45 commander Scott Kelly is seen peeking out of the space station's Cupola module which provides a 360-degree view of the Earth below.

Astronaut Scott Kelly posted this photo of Spain taken from the International Space Station on Instagram.

NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren operates the controls for the space station's robotic arm, Canadarm2.

The Bahamas taken from the International Space Station on July 19, 2015.

NASA has spent decades promoting the notion that it is doing cutting edge biotech research in space when in fact one of its core efforts uses out of date technology.

When there are nine people aboard the International Space Station, it's a bit of a full house.

Andreas Mogensen @Astro_Andreas Loved your creative #iriss stories kids. My @LEGO_Education friends will return to Earth and have a story to tell too

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are pleased to announce the United Nations/Japan Cooperation Programme on CubeSat Deployment from the International Space Station (ISS) Japanese Experiment Module (Kibo) "KiboCUBE".

Putting a round peg in a round hole is not hard for someone standing next to it. But ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen did this while orbiting 400 km up aboard the International Space Station, remotely operating a rover and its robotic arm on the ground.

As if the Milky Way in this photo wasn't enough, Astronaut Kjell Lindgren captured a lightning strike from space so bright that it lights up the space station's solar panels.

Flutter, slither, swim or crawl your way over to this month's International Space Station look at biological research.

Earth's thin atmosphere stands out against the blackness of space in this photo shared on Aug. 31, 2015, by NASA astronaut Scott Kelly on board the International Space Station.

Japan's Kounotori 5 H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-5) is seen grappled by the International Space Station's robotic arm, Canadarm2.