More than 2.7 million images have been taken from the International Space Station in 15 years of humans aboard. Here are a few of the favorites as chosen by the NASA Photo Team.
(October 18, 2015) --- A night pass of city lights
(June
14, 2012) --- Star trail composite created with photos from Expedition
31 with docked Soyuz and Progress spacecrafts visible
(May
23, 2011) --- This image of the International Space Station and the
docked space shuttle Endeavour, flying at an altitude of approximately
220 miles, was taken by Expedition 27 crew member Paolo Nespoli from the
Soyuz TMA-20 following its undocking on May 23, 2011 (USA time). The
pictures taken by Nespoli are the first taken of a shuttle docked to the
International Space Station from the
perspective of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Onboard the Soyuz were
Russian cosmonaut and Expedition 27 commander Dmitry Kondratyev;
Nespoli, a European Space Agency astronaut; and NASA astronaut Cady
Coleman. Coleman and Nespoli were both flight engineers. The three
landed in Kazakhstan later that day, completing 159 days in space
(September
17, 2011) --- This is one of a series of night time images photographed
by one of the Expedition 29 crew members from the International Space
Station. It features Aurora Australis, seen from a point over the
southeast Tasman Sea near southern New Zealand. The station was located
at 46.65 degrees south latitude and 169.10 degrees east longitude
(March 28, 2015) --- Earth observation taken during a night pass of Spain and Italy
(July
26, 2014) --- One of the Expedition 40 crew members aboard the
International Space Station photographed this oblique night image of
almost the entire countries of Italy and Sicily on July 26, 2014.
(May
23, 2011) --- This image of the International Space Station and the
docked space shuttle Endeavour, flying at an altitude of approximately
220 miles, was taken by Expedition 27 crew member Paolo Nespoli from the
Soyuz TMA-20 following its undocking on May 23, 2011 (USA time). The
pictures taken by Nespoli are the first taken of a shuttle docked to the
International Space Station from the
perspective of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Onboard the Soyuz were
Russian cosmonaut and Expedition 27 commander Dmitry Kondratyev;
Nespoli, a European Space Agency astronaut; and NASA astronaut Cady
Coleman. Coleman and Nespoli were both flight engineers. The three
landed in Kazakhstan later that day, completing 159 days in space
(July 15, 2014) --- An aurora captured
(September 13, 2014) --- Night Earth Observation
(September 13, 2014) --- Night Earth Observations of aurora
March
31, 2015) --- This close up of the huge Typhoon Maysak "eye" of the
category 5 (hurricane status on the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale) was
captured by astronauts on board the International Space Station Mar. 31,
2015. The massive Typhoon is headed toward the Philippines and expected
to land on the upcoming Easter weekend. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring
Mission (TRMM) and Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellites,
both co-managed by NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency,
captured rainfall and cloud data that revealed very heavy rainfall and
high thunderstorms in the still strengthening storm
(April 6, 2015) --- City lights during a night pass over northern central Europe
April 6, 2015) --- City lights during a night pass over northern central Europe
(August 10, 2015) --- A nighttime view of the Earth
(August
24, 2015) --- Distant view of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Kounotori 5 H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-5) during its final approach for
docking with the International Space Station (ISS) with darkness of
space in the background
(August 29, 2015) --- Photo of severe weather from space
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