15 years on the ISS: the best shots
15 years ago, on November 2, 2000, the crew of the first main expedition arrived on board the International Space Station - Commander William Shepherd, pilot Yuri Gidzenko and flight engineer Sergei Krikalev. Today, the 45th expedition is already working on the ISS.
During their work on the ISS, crew members transmitted more than 2.7 million images to Earth. For the anniversary of the arrival of the first expedition, the NASA photo lab posted the best of them.
(Total 18 photos)
1. Engineer Terry Wirths catches his reflection and sunrise, December 2, 2014
2. Samantha Cristoforetti on the ISS, February 28, 2015
3. Urban lighting in Northern Europe - shot taken by Expedition 43 crew member Samantha Cristoforetti, April 6, 2015
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5. Spain and Italy, photo taken by the Expedition 43 crew aboard the ISS, March 28, 2015
6. Bad weather photo taken by the Expedition 43 crew aboard the ISS, August 29, 2015
7. Category 5 typhoon heading towards the Philippines, March 31, 2015
8. Night Earth, taken by a member of the 44th expedition, August 10, 2015
9. View of the Japanese unmanned cargo ship H-II Transfer Vehicle 6, August 24, 2015
10. City lights taken by a member of the 45th expedition, October 18, 2015
11. Sunrise captured by Expedition 41 member Alex Gerst on September 13, 2014
12. Automatic cargo ship, shot by Expedition 41 member Alex Gerst, September 13, 2014
13. Italy, shot taken by a member of the 40th expedition aboard the ISS, July 26, 2014
14. Aurora, taken by a member of the 29th expedition aboard the ISS, September 17, 2011
15. ISS photo taken by Expedition 27 member Paolo Nespoli from Soyuz TMA-20, May 23, 2011
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17. Aurora, taken by the 40th expedition, July 15, 2014
18. Star trail created using photographs of the 31st expedition, June 14, 2012
Keywords: NASA | ISS | Expedition