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City lights from the Midwestern United States to the East Coast hours before sunrise. Major urban areas visible in the photograph include Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan & the New York metropolitan region. The ISS orbited 259 miles above Earth at 4:54 a.m. local time.
Astronaut Luke Delaney uses a glovebag to treat & nourish blood vessel tissues printed inside the BioFabrication Facility using cells of patients with a rare genetic disorder that causes rapid aging. The biotechnology info should give deeper insights into the cellular affliction.
Astronaut Jessica Watkins celebrates 200 cumulative days in space across 2 expeditions aboard the ISS with a tray of sweet snacks. Roscosmos cosmonauts Anna Kikina & Sergey Teteryatnikov join the celebration inside the vestibule between the Unity module & the Zarya module.
26 years ago, today, Expedition 1 began our continuous habitation of space with NASA astronaut Bill Shepard and cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev. Earth is just as stunning and station is still a platform that opens the doors to our future on the moon and, eventually, Mars. In this orbit, on this day, we passed by the blue fishing boats and, in the end, even a little aurora. See if you can spot the landmarks from the map. You’re looking out of the port window of the cupola, so to the left of the line.
Selfie of Canadian Joshua Kutryk during our spacewalk outside the @Space_Station @Astro_Kutryk
ISS Astronauts have dressed up as popular video game and cartoon characters to celebrate Halloween for over 20 years now.
Expedition 75 Astronaut Kutryk of the Canadian Space Agency discussed life & work aboard the ISS on in-flight interview 10/30 with Canadian media in St. Hubert. Joshua is on a long duration mission living & working in the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge.
The 7th roll-out solar array is successfully installed & is currently being unfurled to its 60 ft. length. Together with the 8th array to be installed Nov. 5 it will boost the station’s electric power from 160 kilowatts to 215 kilowatts.
