In May, the International Space Station made its 100,000th orbit of the Earth, and reached nearly 16 years of continuous human occupancy. Expedition 47 began in March, and will be completed later this month. The astronauts Timothy Kopra, Yuri Malenchenko, Timothy Peake, Aleksey Ovchinin, Oleg Skripochka, and Jeffrey Williams, from the US, UK, and Russia, have been conducting experiments and taking some amazing photographs during their tour in orbit.
Earth From Above: Expedition 47 Aboard the ISS
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Read moreCity lights, clouds, airglow, stars, and sunlight, seen from low Earth orbit above southern Europe, looking northeast, on May 23, 2016. #
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Read moreAn oblique view of the Himalaya Mountains, seen on May 15, 2016. #
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Read moreSan Francisco, photographed on March 7, 2016. #
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Read moreExpedition 47 flight engineer Yuri Malenchenko from Roscosmos, in the ISS Cupola module preparing to take Earth pictures using a 400 millimeter lens. #
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Read moreAtmospheric distortion ripples the moon above the horizon, viewed from above the Korean Peninsula on May 20, 2016. #
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Read moreDunes in central Algeria, May 18, 2016. #
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Read moreThe Progress 63P resupply mission, viewed flying high above a city in western Asia on March 31, 2016. #
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Read moreBeautiful glacial river water flowing from this Patagonian ice field. Rio Santa Cruz, flowing into Lago Argentina. #
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Read moreLast of the Bering Sea ice melting along this part of Russia’s coastline. #
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Read moreTim Kopra photographed his breakfast floating inside of the Unity module aboard the International Space Station. In a tweet, he remarked, “#Breakfast taco on #ISS: refried beans, shredded pork, pepperjack cheese, eggs, and salsa on a tortilla. Awesome...” #
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Read moreMay 17, 2016. Center-pivot irrigation in central Saudi Arabia. #
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Read moreMay 18, 2016, a sea of clouds surrounds mountains in Patagonia. #
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Read moreCumulonimbus cloud, April 3, 2016. #
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Read moreMovie night aboard the ISS, on April 10, 2016. #
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Read moreNew York City and surrounding area, viewed on May 18, 2016. #
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Read moreSwirling plankton bloom off the coast of Patagonia. #
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Read moreCubeSats fly free after leaving the NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer on the International Space Station. Seen here are two LEMUR-2 satellites. The NanoRacks-LEMUR-2 satellites are part of a remote-sensing satellite constellation that provides global ship tracking and weather monitoring. #
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Read moreVenice, Italy, photographed on May 1, 2016. #
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Read moreDusk falls over an ocean on March 3, 2016. #
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Read moreMining operations near Green Valley, Arizona. #
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Read moreA thunderstorm above Arkansas, May 17, 2016. #
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Read morePatagonia’s southern ice field, Lake Viedma. #
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Read moreA large extinct volcano in the lower southwest African Brukkaros Mountain, Namibia, on March 26, 2016. #
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Read moreChicago at night, April 5, 2016. #
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Read moreA Brazilian lake. #
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Read moreThe six crew members of Expedition 47 pose for a picture from inside Orbital ATK's Cygnus vehicle. The resupply craft was named the S.S. Rick Husband in honor of Col. Rick Husband, USAF was the commander of Columbia (STS-107),which was lost during reentry years ago on February 1, 2003. Crew from far left going clockwise: NASA's Tim Kopra, Roscosmos' Oleg Skripochka and Alexey Ovchinin, NASA's Jeff Williams, Roscosmos' Yuri Malenchenko, ESA's Tim Peake. #
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Read moreCape Cod, Massachusetts, May 14, 2016. #
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Read moreVancouver, British Columbia, on April 25, 2016. #
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Read moreAurora Australis, photographed on April 17, 2016. #
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Read moreSoyuz 46S arriving at the International Space Station on March 20, 2016. #
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Read moreThe astronaut Tim Peake practices a Cygnus capture. #
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Read moreLooking down on the northern coast of Mallorca, in the Mediterranean Sea. #
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Read moreA sea of green fishing boats light up the night, in the Gulf of Thailand, March 13, 2016. #
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Read moreThe outskirts of the Namib Desert in southwest Africa, on March 26, 2016. #
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Read moreLooking down, southwesterly, on Lake Erie, with Cleveland left of center, on May 20, 2016. #
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