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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Earth Aurora to Starlight | International Space Station

Earth Aurora to Starlight | International Space Station

Expedition 73 flight engineer and NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers: "As I went to close the cupola shutters Tuesday night, the robotic arm backlit by an aurora caught my eye! Our robotics team on the ground was busy at work while we headed to bed."

Notice the 17-meter (55+ foot) long Canadian Space Agency Canadarm2 robotic arm visible here.
Learn about Canadian space robotics:


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)

Video Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center
Duration: 8 seconds
Release Date: July 24, 2025


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