On April 8, 2022, this 30-second exposure captured the International Space Station as it passed over the Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This photo was chosen by the NASA Headquarters photographers as one of the best images from 2022. See the rest on Flickr. Image Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky 2022年4月8日，这张30秒的曝光捕捉到了国际空间站经过佛罗里达州NASA肯尼迪航天中心的太空发射系统火箭和猎户座飞船。这张照片被NASA总部摄影师选为2022年最佳图像之一。在Flickr上查看其余内容。 图片来源：NASA/Joel Kowsky
Dec. 22, 2022 — Expedition 68 Flight Engineer and NASA spacewalker Josh Cassada prepares a roll-out solar array for its deployment on the International Space Station’s (ISS) Port-4 truss segment as the orbiting lab flew 262 miles above the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Namibia. Astronauts Frank Rubio and Josh Cassada conducted a spacewalk on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, for seven hours and eight minutes to install the new roll-out solar arrays to upgrade the station’s power system. The new ISS Roll-Out Solar Arrays (iROSAs) will increase power generation capability by up to 30%, increasing the station’s total available power from 160 kilowatts to up to 215 kilowatts. It was the 257th spacewalk in support of space station assembly, upgrades, and maintenance, and was…
Hawaii’s big island and its two major volcanoes Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa rest under a partly cloudy sky on Feb. 8, 2022, in this view from the International Space Station. Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano had been quiet for nearly 40 years. However, in 2022, the volcano began to stir, showing increased numbers of small earthquakes and subtle swelling of certain land surfaces in September. On Nov. 27, fountains of lava began spurting from the mountain’s Northeast Rift Zone and streams of molten rock flowed to the north. Ten days into the eruption, a NASA aircraft conducted its first flight over the erupting volcano. The aircraft carried NASA’s Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar system, which was used to map the volcano’s…
2022年11月12日 Eclipse in the City Image Credit & Copyright: Stan Honda Explanation: A darker Moon sets over Manhattan in this night skyscape. The 16 frame composite was assembled from consecutive exposures recorded during the November 8 total lunar eclipse. In the timelapse sequence stars leave short trails above the urban skyline, while the Moon remains immersed in Earth’s shadow. But the International Space Station was just emerging from the shadow into the sunlit portion of its low Earth orbit. As seen from New York City, the visible streak of this ISS flyover starts near a star in Taurus and tracks right to left, through the belt of Orion and over Sirius, alpha star of Canis Major. Gaps along the bright trail of the fast moving…
In this image from June 24, 2022, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines, part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4, work on the XROOTS space botany investigation, which used the International Space Station’s (ISS) Veggie facility to test soilless methods to grow plants. The space agricultural study could enable production of crops on a larger scale to sustain crews on future space explorations farther away from Earth and could enhance cultivation of plants in terrestrial settings such as greenhouses, contributing to better food security for people on Earth. Learn about the latest scientific research on the ISS. Image Credit: NASA 在这张2022年6月24日的照片中，NASA宇航员杰西卡·沃特金斯和鲍勃·海恩斯（NASA SpaceX Crew-4的一员）正在进行XROOTS空间植物学研究，该研究利用国际空间站（ISS）蔬菜设施来测试无土栽培植物的方法。太空农业研究可以使更大规模的作物生产成为可能，以支持未来在远离地球的太空探索中的工作人员，并可以加强温室等陆地环境下的植物种植，为地球上的人们提供更好的粮食保障。 了解国际空间站上的最新科学研究。 图片来源：NASA
Expedition 67 flight engineers Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins are all smiles in this Sept. 12, 2022, image from the International Space Station cupola. The cupola is used to monitor the arrival of spaceships and to view the Earth. Hines, Watkins, Kjell Lindgren, and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will begin the return journey to Earth on Oct. 12, 2022, with splashdown targeted for 5:41 p.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 13. This will mark the end of a nearly six-month science mission in which members of Crew-4 conducted new and exciting scientific research in areas such as materials science, health technologies, and plant science to prepare for human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit and benefit life on Earth. Image Credit: NASA 2022年9月12日，国际空间站穹顶号观测舱上的图片显示，第67号远征队飞行工程师鲍勃·海恩斯和杰西卡·沃特金斯都面带微笑。穹顶号观测舱用于监测宇宙飞船的到达和观察地球。 海恩斯、沃特金斯、谢尔·林德格伦和欧洲航天局宇航员萨曼莎·克里斯托弗雷蒂将于2022年10月12日开始返回地球的旅程，溅落时间定于美国东部时间10月13日周四下午5点41分。这将标志着近6个月的科学任务的结束，Crew-4的机组成员在材料科学、健康技术和植物科学等领域进行了令人兴奋的新科学研究，为人类探索低地球轨道以外的空间做准备，并造福地球上的生命。 影像来源：NASA
In this 20-second exposure from Oct. 5, 2022, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission from our Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the International Space Station (ISS). This is the fifth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the ISS as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The crew successfully docked and entered the space station on Oct. 6, 2022. Aboard, the crew will conduct new scientific studies to prepare for human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit and benefit life on Earth. Image Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky 在这张2022年10月5日20秒的照片中，NASA的SpaceX Crew-5任务从佛罗里达州肯尼迪航天中心发射到国际空间站（ISS），发射了一枚搭载该公司载人龙飞船的SpaceX猎鹰9号火箭。这是SpaceX载人龙飞船和猎鹰9号火箭第五次向国际空间站执行机组人员轮换任务，是该机构商业机组人员计划的一部分。2022年10月6日，机组人员成功对接并进入空间站。在太空中，机组人员将进行新的科学研究，为人类探索低地球轨道做好准备，造福地球上的生命。 影像来源：NASA/Joel Kowsky
In this March 7, 2022, image, astronaut Frank Rubio gets help putting on a spacesuit at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to train for spacewalks. Rubio is the first astronaut of Salvadoran origin to go to space. He launched to the International Space Station on Sept. 21, 2022, for a six-month mission aboard the orbiting laboratory. Throughout National Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re celebrating the contributions of the brilliant Hispanic people of NASA. Credit: NASA/James Blair 在这张2022年3月7日的图片中，宇航员弗兰克·卢比奥在休斯敦美国宇航局约翰逊航天中心的中性浮力实验室接受帮助，穿上宇航服，为太空行走进行训练。 鲁比奥是第一位来自萨尔瓦多的宇航员。他于2022年9月21日抵达国际空间站，在轨道实验室上执行为期六个月的任务。 在整个全国西班牙裔传统月，我们都在庆祝NASA杰出的西班牙裔人士的贡献。 影像来源：NASA/James Blair
Astronaut Michael E. López-Alegría, mission specialist, is photographed in this close-up view during one of the STS-92 spacewalks on Oct. 18, 2000. During his NASA career, López-Alegría logged more than 257 days in space and performed 10 spacewalks totaling 67 hours and 40 minutes. He flew on the STS-73, STS-92 and STS-113 space shuttle missions and spent seven months on the space station as commander of Expedition 14. In 2022, he served as commander of Axiom Mission 1, the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. Throughout National Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re celebrating the contributions of the brilliant Hispanic people of NASA. Image credit: NASA 2000年10月18日，在STS-92太空行走期间，宇航员迈克尔·洛佩斯·阿莱格里亚，任务专家，拍摄了这张特写照片。 在他的NASA生涯中，洛佩斯·阿莱格里亚在太空中呆了超过257天，并进行了10次太空行走，总计67小时40分钟。他参加了STS-73、STS-92和STS-113航天飞机任务，并作为第14号远征队的指挥官在空间站呆了7个月。2022年，他担任Axiom Mission 1的指挥官，这是第一次前往国际空间站的私人宇航员任务。 在全国西班牙裔遗产月期间，我们庆祝美国宇航局杰出的西班牙裔人的贡献。 图片来源：NASA
European Space Agency astronaut Samatha Cristoforetti captured a photo of a portion of China’s Tanggula Mountains near Hala Lake as the International Space Station orbited 260 miles above the Earth on Sept. 5, 2022. Since the station began hosting human astronauts in November 2000, crew members have produced hundreds of thousands of images of the land, oceans, and atmosphere of Earth, and even of the Moon through Crew Earth Observations. Their photographs of Earth record how the planet changes over time due to human activity and natural events. This allows scientists to monitor disasters, direct response on the ground and study a number of phenomena, from the movement of glaciers to urban wildlife. Image credit: NASA 2022年9月5日，国际空间站在距地球260英里的高空绕轨道运行时，欧洲航天局宇航员萨马塔·克里斯托弗雷蒂拍摄到了中国哈拉湖附近唐古拉山脉的一部分。 自空间站于2000年11月开始接待人类宇航员以来，宇航员通过对地球的观测，拍摄了数十万张地球的陆地、海洋和大气层，甚至月球的图像。他们拍摄的地球照片记录了地球是如何随着人类活动和自然事件而随时间变化。这使科学家能够监测灾害，直接在地面作出反应，并研究从冰川运动到城市野生动物的许多现象。 影像来源：NASA
