Milky Way Galaxy View | International Space Station

Milky Way Galaxy View | International Space Station

NASA astronaut and former International Space Station flight engineer Don Pettit shared this photo: "The Milky Way as seen from the International Space Station with stars as points, rising sun, and cities as golden streaks below."

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: Sergey-Kud Sverchkov (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Andrey Fedyaev, Sergei Mikaev

European Space Agency Flight Engineer: Sophie Adenot

NASA Flight Engineers: Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Chris Williams

Image Credit: NASA/JSC/Don Pettit

Image Details: Taken with Nikon Z9, Sigma 14mm f1.4 lens, 15 seconds, f1.4, ISO 6400 with homemade orbital sidereal drive to compensate for orbital pitch rate (4 degrees/min)
Release Date: March 9, 2026

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