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Our home in the sky: Scenes from the International Space Station

The research platform for NASA astronauts has been orbiting Earth since 1998

Published: October 23, 2022 10:17 Reuters and Compiled by Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor

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20221023 iss 1 — Expedition 51 Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency photographed Orbital ATK's Cygnus spacecraft as it approached the International Space Station, April 22, 2017. Image Credit: NASA

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20221023 iss 2 — The International Space Station is seen from the space shuttle Discovery after the undocking of the two spacecraft on March 7, 2011. Image Credit: Reuters

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20221023 iss 3 — Space tourist Anousheh Ansari while enroute to the International Space Station on September 18, 2006. Image Credit: Reuters

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20221023 iss 4 — A large lightning strike on Earth lights up solar panels on the International Space Station in this NASA picture taken by astronaut Kjell Lindgren released September 2, 2015. Image Credit: Reuters

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20221023 iss 5 — Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr. works outside the International Space Station on November 19, 2009. Image Credit: Reuters

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20221023 scott kelly — NASA astronaut Scott Kelly corrals the supply of fresh fruit that arrived on the Kounotori 5 H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-5), August 25, 2015. Visiting cargo ships often carry a small cache of fresh food for crew members aboard the International Space Station. Image Credit: Reuters

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20221023 mike hopkins — Astronaut Mike Hopkins as he participates in the second of two spacewalks which took place on December 24, 2013. Image Credit: Reuters

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20221023 karen nyberh — Astronaut Karen Nyberg looks through a window in the newly installed Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station on June 11, 2008. Image Credit: Reuters

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20221023 chris cassidy — Astronaut Chris Cassidy inside the Cupola using a 400mm lens on a digital still camera to photograph a target of opportunity on Earth, some 250 miles below, on June 10, 2013. Image Credit: Reuters

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20221023 nasa — NASA astronaut Sunita Williams takes part in the third session of extravehicular activity outside the International Space Station on September 5, 2012. Image Credit: Reuters

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20221023 iss 6 — U.S. astronauts Jessica Meir (L) and Christina Koch pose in the International Space Station, October 17, 2019. Image Credit: Reuters

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20221023 roscosmos — The International Space Station photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking, October 4, 2018. Image Credit: NASA/Roscosmos

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