Earth Lightning Storms | International Space Station

Earth Lightning Storms | International Space Station

Expedition 73 flight engineer and NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers: "You may have heard me comment on the lightning storm beneath us as we got back into the airlock on Thursday."

"I am so amazed by the view we have up here of our Earth’s weather systems—some of which are so big they even caught my eye on our spacewalk!"

"The very next day, I was able to capture a few pictures of lightning from our window in the lab. This view is unique to the International Space Station, looking straight down on lightning strikes. The colors are mesmerizing."

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 73 Crew

Station Commander: JAXA Flight Engineer Takuya Onishi
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Kirill Peskov, Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritskiy

NASA Flight Engineers: Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, Jonny Kim

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.

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)

Image Credit: NASA/JSC/Nichole Ayers
Release Date: May 5, 2025

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