This is Neutron: A New Reusable Medium-lift Rocket | Rocket Lab

This is Neutron: A New Reusable Medium-lift Rocket | Rocket Lab

Meet Neutron, Rocket Lab's new reusable medium-lift rocket that will deliver "a cost-effective, reliable, and responsive launch service" for missions to the International Space Station and low Earth orbit, as well as to explore beyond Earth and on to the Moon and Mars.

Learn more about Rocket Lab's Neutron rocket: https://rocketlabcorp.com/launch/neutron/

Video Credit: Rocket Lab
Duration: 9 minutes
Release Date: Sept. 3, 2025

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Galactic Dance: Interacting Galaxies NGC 5394/5 | Gemini North Observatory

Galactic Dance: Interacting Galaxies NGC 5394/5 | Gemini North Observatory

Image of the interacting galaxy pair NGC 5394/5 in Canes Venatici obtained with the National Science Foundation's NOIRLab's Gemini North 8-meter telescope on Hawai'i's Maunakea using the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph in imaging mode. This four-color composite image has a total exposure time of 42 minutes.

Learn more about the Gemini North Telescope:
https://noirlab.edu/public/programs/gemini-observatory/gemini-north/

Credit: International Gemini Observatory/National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab)/National Science Foundation (NSF)/Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)

Duration: 10 seconds
Release Date: Dec. 19, 2019

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Can We Actually SEE Exoplanets? | ESO Chasing Starlight

Can We Actually See Exoplanets? | ESO Chasing Starlight

Over the last 30 years, we have discovered around 6000 planets orbiting other stars. How do astronomers find these exoplanets? Can we take real images of them?

0:00 - The radial velocity method

2:23 - The transit method

4:41 - Direct imaging

Video Credit: ESO Chasing Starlight
Duration: 7 minutes
Release Date: Sept. 5, 2025

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Growing Tail of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS | Gemini South Telescope

Growing Tail of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS | Gemini South Telescope

A deep image of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured by the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on Gemini South at Cerro Pachón in Chile, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, partly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and operated by NSF NOIRLab. The image shows the comet’s broad coma—a cloud of gas and dust that forms around the comet’s icy nucleus as it gets closer to the Sun—and a tail spanning about 1/120th of a degree in the sky (where one degree is about the width of a pinky finger on an outstretched arm) and pointing away from the Sun. 3I/ATLAS is only the third confirmed interstellar visitor to our Solar System.

The exposures tracked the comet as it traveled across the sky, and the final image is composed to freeze the stars in place during the observation. Two small colored trails from unrelated asteroids with motion distinct from that of the comet can also be seen.

These observations of Comet 3I/ATLAS were conducted during a Shadow the Scientists program hosted by NSF NOIRLab. A full recording of the session can be found here.

Gemini South Telescope:
https://noirlab.edu/public/programs/gemini-observatory/gemini-south/

Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Shadow the Scientist
Image Processing: J. Miller & M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)
Release Date: Sept. 4, 2025

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Science on Northrop Grumman's 23rd Cargo Mission | International Space Station

Science on Northrop Grumman's 23rd Cargo Mission | International Space Station

NASA and Northrop Grumman are preparing to launch the company’s next cargo mission to the International Space Station in mid September—sending science aimed at supporting Artemis missions to the Moon, human exploration of Mars and beyond, and improvement of life on Earth.

The research aboard Cygnus seeks to reduce harmful microbes, improve medication production, manage fuel pressure, and refine semiconductor crystals for next-generation technologies.

Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/4m1jktI

Learn about NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) Program:
https://www.nasa.gov/international-space-station/commercial-resupply/

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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.

Credit: NASA
Duration: 1 minute, 14 seconds
Release Date: Sept. 4, 2025

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Three New U.S. Missions Launch to Track Space Weather | NASA Goddard

Three New U.S. Missions Launch to Track Space Weather | NASA Goddard

Soon, there will be three new ways to study the Sun’s influence across the solar system with the launch of a trio of NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) spacecraft. Launching September 23, 2025, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the missions include NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, and NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) spacecraft.

The missions will each study effects of the solar wind—the continuous stream of particles emitted by the Sun—and space weather—the changing conditions in space driven by the Sun—from their origins at the Sun to their farthest reaches billions of miles away at the edge of our solar system. Research from the missions will help us better understand the Sun’s influence on Earth’s habitability, map our home in space, and protect satellites and voyaging astronauts from space weather threats.

Watch the launch with NASA from anywhere in the world. We will provide live broadcast coverage on September 23, 2025, from 6:40 a.m. to about 9:15 a.m. EDT (1040 to 1415 UTC). Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media: https://www.nasa.gov/ways-to-watch/

NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP)
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/imap/ 
https://imap.princeton.edu/

NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/carruthers-geocorona-observatory/

NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1)
https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/our-satellites/future-programs/swfo/space-weather-follow-l1-mission

Credit: NASA/Joy Ng
Duration: 55 seconds
Release Date: Sept. 4, 2025

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Journey to Star Cluster Pismis 24 in The Lobster Nebula | Webb Telescope

Journey to Star Cluster Pismis 24 in The Lobster Nebula | Webb Telescope

This video takes the viewer on a journey through space to reveal a sparkling scene of star birth that was captured by the NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope. What appears to be a craggy, starlit mountaintop kissed by wispy clouds is actually a cosmic dust-scape being eaten away by the blistering winds and radiation of nearby, massive, infant stars.

Called Pismis 24, this young star cluster resides in the core of the nearby Lobster Nebula, approximately 5,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius. Home to a vibrant stellar nursery and one of the closest sites of massive star birth, Pismis 24 provides rare insight into large and massive stars. This region is one of the best places to explore the properties of hot young stars and how they evolve.

Final Image Description: In what appears as a celestial dreamscape, a blue and black sky filled with brilliant stars covers about two thirds of the image. The stars are a variety of sizes and shades of white, beige, yellow, and light orange. Across the bottom third of the scene is a craggy, mountain-like vista with spire-like peaks and deep, seemingly misty valleys. These so-called mountains appear in varying shades of orange, yellow, and brown. Above their soaring spires is a wispy, ethereal white cloud that stretched horizontally across the scene. Steam appears to rise from the mountaintops and join with this cloud. At the top, right corner of the image, a swath of orange and brown structure cuts diagonally across the sky.

Video Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, ESA/Hubble, CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA, Digitized Sky Survey 2, E. Slawik, N. Risinger, D. De Martin, D. Minniti, T.A. Rector, J. Miller, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb), N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb)

Duration: 1 minute, 30 seconds
Release Date: Sept. 4, 2025

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Close-up: Star Cluster Pismis 24 in The Lobster Nebula | Webb Telescope

Close-up: Star Cluster Pismis 24 in The Lobster Nebula | Webb Telescope

This sparkling scene of star birth was captured by the NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope. What appears to be a craggy, starlit mountaintop kissed by wispy clouds is actually a cosmic dust-scape being eaten away by the blistering winds and radiation of nearby, massive, infant stars.

Called Pismis 24, this young star cluster resides in the core of the nearby Lobster Nebula, approximately 5,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius. Home to a vibrant stellar nursery and one of the closest sites of massive star birth, Pismis 24 provides rare insight into large and massive stars. This region is one of the best places to explore the properties of hot young stars and how they evolve.

Image Description: In what appears as a celestial dreamscape, a blue and black sky filled with brilliant stars covers about two thirds of the image. The stars are a variety of sizes and shades of white, beige, yellow, and light orange. Across the bottom third of the scene is a craggy, mountain-like vista with spire-like peaks and deep, seemingly misty valleys. These so-called mountains appear in varying shades of orange, yellow, and brown. Above their soaring spires is a wispy, ethereal white cloud that stretched horizontally across the scene. Steam appears to rise from the mountaintops and join with this cloud. At the top, right corner of the image, a swath of orange and brown structure cuts diagonally across the sky.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI, A. Pagan (STScI), N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb)

Duration: 30 seconds
Release Date: Sept. 4, 2025

#NASA #Astronomy #Space #Science #Stars #StarClusters #Pismis24 #Nebulae #LobsterNebula #Scorpius #Constellations #MilkyWayGalaxy #Universe #SpaceTelescopes #JWST #UnfoldTheUniverse #InfraredAstronomy #GSFC #STScI #UnitedStates #ESA #Europe #CSA #Canada #STEM #Education #HD #Video

Star Cluster Pismis 24 in The Lobster Nebula | James Webb Space Telescope

Star Cluster Pismis 24 in The Lobster Nebula | James Webb Space Telescope

This sparkling scene of star birth was captured by the NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope. What appears to be a craggy, starlit mountaintop kissed by wispy clouds is actually a cosmic dust-scape being eaten away by the blistering winds and radiation of nearby, massive, infant stars.

Called Pismis 24, this young star cluster resides in the core of the nearby Lobster Nebula, approximately 5,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius. Home to a vibrant stellar nursery and one of the closest sites of massive star birth, Pismis 24 provides rare insight into large and massive stars. This region is one of the best places to explore the properties of hot young stars and how they evolve.

Image Description: In what appears as a celestial dreamscape, a blue and black sky filled with brilliant stars covers about two thirds of the image. The stars are a variety of sizes and shades of white, beige, yellow, and light orange. Across the bottom third of the scene is a craggy, mountain-like vista with spire-like peaks and deep, seemingly misty valleys. These so-called mountains appear in varying shades of orange, yellow, and brown. Above their soaring spires is a wispy, ethereal white cloud that stretched horizontally across the scene. Steam appears to rise from the mountaintops and join with this cloud. At the top, right corner of the image, a swath of orange and brown structure cuts diagonally across the sky.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI, A. Pagan (STScI)
Release Date: Sept. 4, 2025

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'Anglerfish' Galaxy Cluster in Lepus: A Cosmic Magnifying Glass | Gemini North

'Anglerfish' Galaxy Cluster in Lepus: A Cosmic Magnifying Glass | Gemini North

The galaxy cluster MACS J0060.1-2008 (MACS0060) is well known for its strong gravitational lensing effect. This means the cluster is massive enough to curve the space-time around it and bend the path of light from more distant objects. The galaxy cluster acts like a giant magnifying glass, boosting the reach of our telescopes and allowing us to see farther and fainter objects in space.

When researchers analyzed a Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of the MACS0600 cluster, they realized that the cluster's mass as determined from the image was too small to account for the strength of its gravitational lensing effect. The researchers observed the area just east of where the HST image was taken using the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on Gemini North, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, supported in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and operated by NSF NOIRLab. They found that the HST image only captured a small part of a massive, sprawling cluster. As a result, the researchers have given MACS0600 the nickname ‘Anglerfish cluster,’ in reference to the deep-sea creature that is often only partially visible while the bulk of it remains hidden. Further research will be needed to find the spatial limits of the cluster’s mass, and astronomers are already planning to use this cluster’s magnification powers to study galaxies in the early Universe.

Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Image Processing: J. Miller & M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)
Acknowledgments: PI: Lukas J. Furtak (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
Release Date: Aug. 27, 2025

#NASA #Astronomy #Space #Science #Galaxies #GalaxyClusters #MACSJ060012008 #Lepus #Constellations #DarkMatter #GravitationalLensing #Astrophysics #Cosmos #Universe #InternationalGeminiObservatory #GeminiNorthTelescope #GMOS #Optical #NOIRLab #AURA #NSF #Maunakea #Hawaii #UnitedStates #STEM #Education

"Sunset through a Dragon's eye." | International Space Station

"Sunset through a Dragon's eye." | International Space Station

Orbital sunset image captured by experienced NASA astronaut and former Expedition 71/72 flight engineer, Don Pettit, from a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. He 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 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: NASA astronaut Don Pettit
Release Date: Sept. 1, 2025

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Stellar Nursery NGC 604 in Triangulum | NASA Hubble & Chandra [Budget Alert]

Stellar Nursery NGC 604 in Triangulum | NASA Hubble & Chandra [Budget Alert]

This is a vast nebula called NGC 604. It lies in the neighboring spiral galaxy Messier 33, located 2.7 million light-years away in the constellation Triangulum. It was discovered by German-born British astronomer and composer William Herschel on September 11, 1784.

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is being canceled in NASA's Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request, along with 18 other active science missions. NASA's science budget is being reduced by nearly 50%. NASA's total budget will become the lowest since 1961, after accounting for inflation.

Contact your representatives in the United States Congress, House and Senate, to express your concerns about severe budget cuts at NASA:

https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials/

NASA's Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request (PDF): https://www.nasa.gov/fy-2026-budget-request/

Image Processor Judy Schmidt: "The brightest x-ray object in this scene is an unknown object at the upper left. The next brightest thing seems to be a distant active galaxy nucleus (AGN) coincidentally positioned just above the nebula. In third place comes NGC 604 itself. It is hard to compete with an AGN, but these young stars are doing an admirable job. X-rays are generated when things get super hot, and that's what's happening within the cavernous interior bubble of the nebula."

Image Credit: Hui Yang (University of Illinois) and NASA/European Space Agency (ESA)/Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Processing: Judy Schmidt
Release Date: Jan. 14, 2019

#NASA #ESA #Astronomy #Space #Science #Hubble #Stars #StarFormation #Nebulae #NGC604 #Messier33 #Galaxies #Triangulum #Constellations #AGNs #Cosmos #Universe #HST #NASAChandra #SpaceTelescopes #STScI #GSFC #CXC #UnitedStates #Europe #STEM #Education

The Extremely Large Telescope under Construction in Chile: An Introduction | MPIA

The Extremely Large Telescope under Construction in Chile: An Introduction | MPIA

[No sound] The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in Chile has been under construction since 2014 by the European Southern Observatory (ESO). It will be the largest telescope for visible and infrared light when it is completed in 2029. The video explains the most important features of the telescope, highlights the scientific instruments MICADO and METIS, and describes the research that it will be used for.

The video is a compilation of several video clips from ESO and other sources such as the Max-Planck-Institut for Astronomy (MPIA). It was originally produced for the German Federal Government's Open Day at the Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) in August 2025.

Further information on the ELT: https://elt.eso.org

MICADO
https://elt.eso.org/instrument/MICADO/

METIS
https://elt.eso.org/instrument/METIS/

Video Credit: Max-Planck-Institut for Astronomy (MPIA)/ESO
Duration: 7 minutes, 50 seconds
Release Date: Sept. 3, 2025

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New Expedition 73 Crew Photos: Summer 2025 | International Space Station

New Expedition 73 Crew Photos: Summer 2025 | International Space Station

The seven-member Expedition 73 crew gathers for a portrait inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module. In the front row from left are, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Zubritsky and Sergey Ryzhikov, station Flight Engineer and Station Commander respectively of Russia, and NASA Flight Engineer Jonny Kim. In the back row are, Flight Engineers Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Oleg Platonov of Roscosmos (Russia), and Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, both from NASA. Ryzhikov is holding a patch commemorating his 500th day cumulative in space across three spaceflights including Expeditions 49-50, 63-64, and 72-73.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Mike Fincke displays the Nanoracks' Nanolab Space Liintech research hardware inside the International Space Station's cupola while orbiting 262 miles above a cloudy United States. Nanolab Space LiinTech tests a platform that uses optical technology to monitor the process of producing protein crystals in microgravity. This investigation could lead to the development of technology for crystallizing proteins in microgravity to produce pharmaceuticals for use in space and Earth.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Jonny Kim processes bone cell samples inside the Kibo laboratory module's Life Science Glovebox. He was exploring the molecular mechanisms of space-induced bone loss for an investigation that could help the human skeletal system adapt to spaceflight and lead to advanced treatments for aging conditions and bone diseases on Earth.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Zena Cardman processes bone cell samples inside the Kibo laboratory module's Life Science Glovebox. She was exploring the molecular mechanisms of space-induced bone loss for an investigation that could help the human skeletal system adapt to spaceflight and lead to advanced treatments for aging conditions and bone diseases on Earth.

Update: Looking ahead to the next cargo resupply mission, NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 5:49 p.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, for the launch of the next commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. The Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral in Florida, delivering science and supplies to the orbital complex.

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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: NASA's Johnson Space Center
Capture Date: Aug. 28, 2025

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Kamchatka's Stratovolcanoes Pierce the Clouds | International Space Station

Kamchatka's Stratovolcanoes Pierce the Clouds | International Space Station

This peninsula in the eastern Siberia of Russia features rugged terrain with towering, snow-covered peaks and cloud-filled valleys stretching between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk.

Image Description: An oblique photo looks across the width of a rugged peninsula. In the middle of the scene, a cluster of snow-capped peaks stands out and appears higher than the surrounding terrain. Mountain ranges are visible in the foreground and background. The bottom quarter of the scene shows the cloud-covered Pacific Ocean. The top of the scene shows a mostly cloud-covered sea, as well as Earth's blue atmospheric layers.

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station captured this photograph of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s Far East region. The highly oblique image gives an enhanced sense of the topography and captures the width of the peninsula. It stretches over 350 kilometers (215 miles) from the cloud-blanketed Pacific Ocean to the Sea of Okhotsk. Above the Sea of Okhotsk, clouds in the lower atmosphere appear white, and the upper atmosphere is blue. Snow and ice flank the peaks of mountain ranges and volcanoes, while low clouds fill the valleys.

The highest peaks of the Kamchatka Peninsula are at the center of the image. Klyuchevskaya Sopka is the tallest, at 4,754 meters (15,597 feet) above sea level. Nearby peaks include Vulkan Kamen’ (4,585 meters/15,043 feet) and Gora Ostryy Tolbachik (3,611 meters/11,847 feet). These stratovolcanoes make up part of the Klyuchevskoy Volcanic Group (KVG) that also includes Gora Bol’shaya Udina, Gora Oval’naya Zimina, and the frequently active Vulkan Bezymyannyy. The KVG is bordered by the Vostochnyy Khrebet (Eastern Range) that lines the Pacific coast of the peninsula and the Sredinny Khrebet (Central Range) that extends through the center of Kamchatka like a spine.

As part of the “Ring of Fire,” the peninsula experiences frequent tectonic activity. On July 29, 2025, two months after this photograph was taken, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake occurred with its epicenter approximately 380 kilometers (236 miles) south of the Klyuchevskoy Volcanic Group. The earthquake coincided with the intensification of volcanic activity, including the eruption of the highest peak in this image, Klyuchevskaya Sopka, and the long-inactive volcano, Krasheninnikova (just out of frame to the left). Geologists note that earthquakes can provide the final impetus for eruptions that were already building.

Image Credit: ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center
Text Credit: Wilfredo García López
Image Date: May 29, 2025
Release Date: Aug. 24, 2025

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Stratovolcano Mount Fuji in Japan | International Space Station

Stratovolcano Mount Fuji in Japan | International Space Station

Expedition 73 flight engineer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui shared this photo of his home country on September 1, 2025.

Mount Fuji is an active stratovolcano located on the Japanese island of Honshu with a summit elevation of 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft 3 in). It is the tallest mountain in Japan, the second-highest volcano located on an island in Asia and seventh-highest peak of an island on Earth. The mountain is located about 100 km (62 mi) southwest of Tokyo and is visible from the Japanese capital on clear days. Mount Fuji's exceptionally symmetrical cone, usually covered in snow for about five months of the year, is commonly used as a cultural icon of Japan and is frequently depicted in art and photography, as well as visited by sightseers, hikers and mountain climbers. Mount Fuji last erupted between 1707 and 1708.

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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

#NASA #Space #ISS #Science #Planets #Earth #MountFuji #富士山 #Honshu #本州 #Japan #日本 #EastAsia #Asia #EarthObservation #KimiyaYui #AstronautPhotography #JAXA #Cosmonauts #Russia #Россия #Roscosmos #Роскосмос #HumanSpaceflight #SpaceLaboratory #InternationalCooperation #Expedition73 #UnitedStates  #STEM #Education