Saturday, January 14, 2023

Expedition 68: New Crew Photos | International Space Station

Expedition 68: New Crew Photos | International Space Station


Astronauts Koichi Wakata (Japan) & Nicole Mann in the Destiny laboratory module

Cosmonaut Anna Kikina (Russia) conducts communications and electronics maintenance

Astronaut Josh Cassada conducts physics research operations
Astronaut Koichi Wakata (Japan) retrieves research samples from science freezers
Astronaut Nicole Mann configures spacewalk tools and hardware

Cosmonaut Dmitri Petelin (Russia) configures optical hardware
Astronaut Koichi Wakata (Japan) works on small satellite orbital deployer

Russia's Prichal docking module attached to Nauka science module

Follow Expedition 68 crew updates at: https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 68 Crew

Station Commander: Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Flight Engineers Anna Kikina & Dmitri Petelin

NASA: Flight Engineers Nicole Mann, Frank Rubio & Josh Cassada

JAXA (Japan): Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the  International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science 

For more information about STEM on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation

Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) Education


Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Dates: Jan. 9-13, 2023


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