The Pacific Coast of South America before Sunrise | International Space Station

The Pacific Coast of South America before Sunrise | International Space Station

The International Space Station was soaring 261 miles above the Pacific coast of South America into an orbital sunrise at approximately 4:09 a.m. local time when this photograph was taken. Lima (upper right), Peru's capital and largest city with a population of 10.1 million, represents the brightest lights on the Peruvian coast.

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Expedition 73 Crew

Station Commander: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (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's Johnson Space Center
Image Date: May 16, 2025 

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