Earth City Lights & Starlink Satellites with Star Trails | International Space Station

Earth City Lights & Starlink Satellites with Star Trails | International Space Station

NASA astronaut and former International Space Station flight engineer Don Pettit: "Starlink satellites cutting white flashes into a star trail time exposure, creating unique photographic artifacts."

NASA astronaut Don Pettit returned to Earth on April 19, 2025, concluding a seven-month science mission aboard the International Space Station. Pettit spent 220 days in space, earning him a total of 590 days in space over the course of his four spaceflights. He orbited the Earth 3,520 times, traveling 93.3 million miles in low-Earth orbit.

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Expedition 74 Crew

Station Commander: Mike Fincke (NASA)

JAXA Flight Engineer (Japan): Kimiya Yui

Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Oleg Platonov, Sergey-Kud Sverchkov, Sergei Mikaev

NASA Flight Engineers: Zena Cardman, Chris Williams

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center/D. Pettit
Release Date: Dec 31, 2025

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