French Polynesia in South Pacific Ocean | International Space Station

French Polynesia in South Pacific Ocean | International Space Station

Expedition 73 flight engineer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui: "Good morning, everyone! I've been around the Earth many times so far, and I thought I'd seen most places, but I still come across scenery that makes me think, 'There's a place like this?' And while thinking, 'I want to protect such beautiful scenery,' I took a photo."

French Polynesia (Polynésie française) is an overseas collectivity of France and its sole overseas country. It is made up of 121 geographically dispersed islands and atolls stretching over more than 2,000 kilometers (1,200 mi) in the South Pacific Ocean.

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Expedition 73 Crew

Station Commander: Sergey Ryzhikov (Roscosmos)

JAXA Flight Engineer (Japan): Kimiya Yui

Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Alexey Zubritskiy, Oleg Platonov

NASA Flight Engineers: Jonny Kim, Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke

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: Kimiya Yui/JAXA
Release Date: Aug. 28, 2025

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