Expedition 51 Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency photographed Orbital ATK's Cygnus spacecraft as it approached the International Space Station, April 22, 2017.
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The International Space Station is seen from the space shuttle Discovery after the undocking of the two spacecraft on March 7, 2011.
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Space tourist Anousheh Ansari while enroute to the International Space Station on September 18, 2006.
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A large lightning strike on Earth lights up solar panels on the International Space Station in this NASA picture taken by astronaut Kjell Lindgren released September 2, 2015.
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Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr. works outside the International Space Station on November 19, 2009.
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NASA astronaut Scott Kelly corrals the supply of fresh fruit that arrived on the Kounotori 5 H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-5), August 25, 2015. Visiting cargo ships often carry a small cache of fresh food for crew members aboard the International Space Station.
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Astronaut Mike Hopkins as he participates in the second of two spacewalks which took place on December 24, 2013.
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Astronaut Karen Nyberg looks through a window in the newly installed Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station on June 11, 2008.
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Astronaut Chris Cassidy inside the Cupola using a 400mm lens on a digital still camera to photograph a target of opportunity on Earth, some 250 miles below, on June 10, 2013.
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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams takes part in the third session of extravehicular activity outside the International Space Station on September 5, 2012.
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U.S. astronauts Jessica Meir (L) and Christina Koch pose in the International Space Station, October 17, 2019.
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The International Space Station photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking, October 4, 2018.
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