Activities in Space Stations

Astronauts performing various tasks and experiments inside the International Space Station's laboratories and airlocks.

iss052e021601 (July 31, 2017) --- Astronaut Paolo Nespoli checks out a science freezer inside Japans Kibo laboratory module.

ISS040-E-001052 (26 May 2014) --- NASA astronaut Steve Swanson, Expedition 40 commander, works with equipment in the airlock in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. The JEM Robotic Maneuvering System Multi-Purpose Experiment Platform (JEMRMS MPEP) is visible in the airlock.

ISS032-E-024285 (26 Aug. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 32 flight engineer, uses the Space Linear Acceleration Mass Measurement Device (SLAMMD) in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS040-E-019312 (25 June 2014) --- In the International Space Station s Kibo laboratory, European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer, prepares to transfer a multi-purpose experiment platform and a robotic arm known as the Small Fine Arm through the Kibo module s scientific airlock. The Small Fine Arm, which attaches to the Kibo s larger main arm, handles delicate operations involved in exchanging experiments and payloads located on the Exposed Facility.

ISS022-E-068559 (18 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Kathryn Hire, STS-130 mission specialist, works in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.

S133-E-007242 (28 Feb. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, STS-133 mission specialist, reads a procedure checklist in the Unity node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

ISS040-E-006891 (3 June 2014) --- NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Expedition 40 flight engineer, conducts a session with the Binary Colloidal Alloy Test (BCAT) experiment in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

iss052e021601 (July 31, 2017) --- Astronaut Paolo Nespoli checks out a science freezer inside Japans Kibo laboratory module.

ISS020-E-007150 (7 June 2009) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 20 flight engineer, sets up camera equipment at a window in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS045E033806 (09/25/2015) --- NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren loads a deployer device filled with 16 CubeSats into a small airlock in the Japanese Kibo Module on the International Space Station. Among the 16 satellites are 14 Dove satellites from Planet Labs that will be used for Earth observation, one for testing space based radios and another that will be used to track ships on the open ocean.

ISS032-E-022185 (21 Aug. 2012) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 32 flight engineer, works near the airlock in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

iss051e049152 (5/24/2017) --- ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet performs the commissioning of the Gravitational References for Sensimotor Performance (GRASP) experiment, to better understand how the central nervous system (CNS) integrates information from different sensations. The data collected could help researchers better understand the workings of the human vestibular system and how it connects to the other sensory organs. This research hopes to shed light on how to best treat the loss of vestibular function on Earth.

S126-E-011521 (26 Nov. 2008) --- Astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, STS-126 mission specialist, works with transfer of supplies in the Columbus lab of the International Space Station.

iss060e033086 (8/9/2019) --- A view of European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Luca Parmitano during the installation of the MultiScale Boiling Experiment Container (EC) in the Fluid Science Laboratory FSL) in the Columbus Module aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Multiscale Boiling investigates the fundamental basics of boiling heat transfer phenomena on a heater surface in a pool boiling configuration. Data from this investigation is used for the validation of theoretical models and numerical codes.

iss050e053302 (Feb. 28, 2017) --- Peggy Whitson, Expedition 50 Flight Engineer, works on an experiment inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox inside the U.S. Destiny laboratory module.

ISS026-E-025406 (9 Feb. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman, Expedition 26 flight engineer, works with Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit equipment in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station.

iss052e023844 (Aug. 1, 2017) --- Astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer work on station systems inside Japans Kibo laboratory module.

ISS034-E-028342 (11 Jan. 2013) --- NASA astronauts Kevin Ford (left), Expedition 34 commander; and Tom Marshburn, flight engineer, conduct a session of the Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites Zero Robotics (SPHERES ZR) program in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

S134-E-007125 (18 May 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko, Expedition 27 flight engineer, works with camera equipment in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour (STS-134) remains docked with the station.

ISS020-E-008958 (14 June 2009) --- NASA astronaut Michael Barratt (left) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, both Expedition 20 flight engineers, work in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 66 Flight Engineer Kayla Barron works inside the Kibo laboratory module cleaning the Cell Biology Experiment Facility, an incubator with an artificial gravity generator.

ISS040-E-083581 (30 July 2014) --- European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer, is pictured floating freely in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS036-E-038678 (31 Aug. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 flight engineer, works on an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station.

ISS030-E-074053 (14 Feb. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, prepares for a NASA Education Payload Operations (EPO) activity in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. Pettit is working with a soft Earth ball and an eraser tied to dental floss to demonstrate the space station orbiting Earth.

(6 March 2014) --- Kibo

S121-E-06233 (9 July 2006) --- Astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams, Expedition 13 NASA space station science officer and flight engineer, floats into the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while the Space Shuttle Discovery was docked with the station.

S135-E-008732 (16 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus, STS-135 mission specialist, is pictured in the U.S. lab or Destiny on the International Space Station during the 11th day in space for the four crew members of the STS-135 Atlantis mission.

ISS033-E-012794 (18 Oct. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander, uses a vacuum cleaner during housekeeping operations in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.

ISS030-E-247135 (23 April 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, participates in a standard onboard training exercise in the Soyuz TMA-22 descent module currently docked with the International Space Station. Burbank, along with Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin are scheduled to undock from the station and return to Earth on April 27, 2012.

S127-E-008864 (26 July 2009) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette, STS-127 mission specialist, views a computer monitor while working in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.

ISS030-E-135148 (13 March 2012) --- A fisheye lens attached to an electronic still camera was used to capture this image of Robonaut 2 humanoid robot during another system checkout in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. Teams on the ground commanded Robonaut through a series of dexterity tests as it spelled out Hello world in sign language.

S114-E-7490 (5 August 2005) --- Astronauts Wendy B. Lawrence (foreground), STS-114 mission specialist, and James M. Kelly, pilot, work with the Mobile Service System (MSS) and Canadarm2 controls in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery was docked to the Station. The two were re-stowing the Italian-built Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) in the cargo bay.

ISS034-E-040247 (5 Feb. 2013) --- In the International Space Stations Kibo laboratory, NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, Expedition 34 flight engineer, uses a microphone to talk with students from his native home state. Speaking from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, the kids asked questions such as what its like to eat in space and work in stiff spacesuits.

S123-E-006249 (15 March 2008) --- NASA astronaut Robert L. Behnken and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Leopold Eyharts (partially obscured), both STS-123 mission specialists, work the controls of the space station's robotic Canadarm2 in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour is docked with the station.

ISS030-E-148275 (13 March 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, performs routine in-flight maintenance on Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) equipment in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station.

ISS010-E-05598 (31 October 2004) --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, floats in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS035-E-018389 (11 April 2013) --- Expedition 35 Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn, NASA astronaut, works to install the redundant Ku Communications 1 unit in Destiny to complete the refurbishment of the Ku system aboard the International Space Station. Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield (out of frame), astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency, joined Marshburn for this work.

ISS034-E-014548 (4 Jan. 2013) --- With their feet anchored in floor restraints, NASA astronauts Kevin Ford (right), Expedition 34 commander; and Tom Marshburn, flight engineer, conduct a session of the Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) program in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS027-E-029828 (13 May 2011) --- Attired in their Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 27 commander; and NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, flight engineer, prepare to perform a fit check in their body-contoured Kazbek couches in the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. Kondratyev, Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli (out of frame) are scheduled to return to Earth on May 23.

ISS028-E-009234 (22 June 2011) --- NASA astronauts Ron Garan (left) and Mike Fossum, both Expedition 28 flight engineers, attired in their Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits, are pictured in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station. Garan and Fossum were participating in a dry run in preparation for a planned spacewalk during STS-135/ULF-7.

ISS024-E-007331 (2 July 2010) --- After inserting biological samples, NASA astronaut Shannon Walker, Expedition 24 flight engineer, replaces a dewar tray in the Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI-1) in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS032-E-016876 (8 Aug. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 32 flight engineer, performs a VO2max experiment while using the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation System (CEVIS) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. VO2max uses the Portable Pulmonary Function System (PPFS), CEVIS, Pulmonary Function System (PFS) gas cylinders and mixing bag system, plus multiple other pieces of hardware to measure oxygen uptake and cardiac output.

iss061e001577 (Oct. 6, 2019) --- NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan (left) and Christina Koch (right) are suited up in U.S. spacesuits inside the Quest airlock before beginning a seven hour and one minute spacewalk to upgrade the station's large nickel-hydrogen batteries with newer, more powerful lithium-ion batteries.

ISS036-E-023070 (23 July 2013) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 flight engineer, works to remove the Marangoni Inside (MI) from the Fluid Physics Experiment Facility (FPEF) in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

. iss070e002210 (Oct. 5, 2023) --- Expedition 70 Commander Andreas Mogensen of ESA (European Space Agency) stabilizes himself in the microgravity environment and practices chest compressions, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), inside the International Space Station's Destiny laboratiry module. In back, Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) observes the regularly scheduled emergency training session.

ISS040-E-006099 (30 May 2014) --- European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer, gets a workout on the advanced Resistive Exercise Device (aRED) in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station.

ISS040-E-080769 (28 July 2014) --- NASA astronauts Steve Swanson (left), Expedition 40 commander, and Reid Wiseman, flight engineer, work in tandem to perform in-flight maintenance on an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station.

ISS030-E-250643 (24 April 2012) --- European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, Expedition 30 flight engineer, uses a communication system near a robotic workstation in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

S128-E-007828 (6 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Rick Sturckow, STS-128 commander, works in the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM), temporarily attached to the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

S116-E-06832 (18 Dec. 2006) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang, STS-116 mission specialist, moves into the outer section of the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station as he prepares for the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA) while Space Shuttle Discovery was docked with the station. Astronaut William A. (Bill) Oefelein, pilot, assisted Fuglesang.

iss059e000427 (March 16, 2019) --- NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Anne McClain and Christina Koch (right) work on U.S. spacesuit maintenance in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station.

ISS014-E-09608 (12 Dec. 2006) --- Attired in their extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) spacesuits, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. (left) and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang, both STS-116 mission specialists, prepare for the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery was docked with the station. Astronaut William A. (Bill) Oefelein (center), pilot, assisted Curbeam.

S126-E-008372 (19 Nov. 2008) --- Astronauts Greg Chamitoff, STS-126 mission specialist, and Sandra Magnus (mostly obscured), Expedition 18 flight engineer, move a crew quarters rack in the Harmony node of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.

ISS020-E-041794 (23 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, Expedition 20 flight engineer, is pictured in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.

ISS018-E-013808 (18 Dec. 2008) --- Astronaut Sandra Magnus, Expedition 18 flight engineer, works on a crew quarters compartment in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.

ISS034-E-027234 (7 Jan. 2013) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield, Expedition 34 flight engineer, uses a camera to photograph the topography of a point on Earth from a window in the Cupola of the International Space Station.

iss049e045997 (10/25/2016) --- NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins as she begans the measurement of the European Space Agency (ESA) Airway Monitoring experiment in the Quest airlock. The investigation studies the occurrence and indicators of airway inflammation in crew members to help flight surgeons plan safer, long-term missions to the moon, Mars and beyond. Results may also help doctors treat patients on Earth with asthma or other airway inflammatory diseases.

ISS046e025945 (01/27/2016) --- NASA astronaut Tim Kopra sets up hardware for the Burning and Suppression of Solids - Milliken, or BASS-M, experiment. The BASS-M investigation tests flame-retardant cotton fabrics to determine how well they resist burning in microgravity. Results benefit research on flame-retardant textiles that can be used on Earth and in space

ISS030-E-049727 (22 Jan. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, works among storage containers in the Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) of the International Space Station.

ISS030-E-128841 (8 March 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, works with Catalytic Reactor hardware in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

Expedition 66 Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn of NASA (center) assists NASA astronaut Raja Chari (from left) and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer during their U.S. spacesuit fit check inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock.

iss049e053079 (9/23/2016) --- NASA astronaut Kate Rubins is photographed in U.S. lab aboard the International Space Station (ISS) performing the second harvest of the Plant RNA Regulation experiment by stowing the European Modular Cultivation System (EMCS) Seed Cassettes from EMCS Rotors A and B in an EMCS Cold Stowage Pouch and placing them in Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI). The Plant RNA Regulation investigation studies the first steps of gene expression involved in development of roots and shoots. Scientists expect to find new molecules that play a role in how plants adapt and respond to the microgravity environment of space, which provides new insight into growing plants for food and oxygen supplies on long-duration missions. Sent as part of Russian Return imagery on 47S.

ISS018-E-015953 (13 Dec. 2008) --- Astronaut Sandra Magnus, Expedition 18 flight engineer, works on experiment hardware in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS023-E-052104 (26 May 2010) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, Expedition 23 flight engineer, uses the IM mass measurement device to perform the PZEh-MO-8/Body Mass Measurement Russian biomedical routine assessments in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

STS104-E-5125 (16 July 2001) --- Astronaut Janet L. Kavandi, STS-104 mission specialist, uses a camera as she floats through the Zvezda service module aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The five STS-104 crew members were visiting the orbital outpost to perform various tasks. The image was recorded witha digital still camera.

SSATA Crew Training with Expedition 35/36 crew member Chris Cassidy during dry run. Photo Date: October 30, 2012. Location: Building 7, SSATA Chamber.

iss060e013937 (July 23, 2019) --- NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Andrew Morgan are pictured working inside the Unity module which connects the International Space Station's U.S. segment with the Russian segment.

S130-E-006989 (10 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut George Zamka, STS-130 commander, works with Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.

ISS023-E-031284 (3 May 2010) --- From the Harmony node, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, Expedition 23 flight engineer, wearing his Russian Sokol launch and entry suit, is pictured in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS040-E-006700 (2 June 2014) --- European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer, exercises on the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation System (CEVIS) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

iss059e027387 (4/22/2019) --- NASA astronaut Nick Hague is photographed with the Rodent Research Facility during transfer of mice from the Cygnus spacecraft into the ( International Space Station ISS) Rodent Habitats. RR-12, Tetanus Antibody Response by B cells in Space (TARBIS), examines the effects of spaceflight on the function of antibody production and immune memory.

ISS018-E-014682 (22 Dec. 2008) --- Astronaut Sandra Magnus, Expedition 18 flight engineer, is pictured among stowage containers floating freely in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS040-E-014468 (18 June 2014) --- In the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory, NASA astronauts Steve Swanson (left), Expedition 40 commander; and Reid Wiseman, flight engineer, conduct test runs of the SPHERES-Slosh experiment, using the soccer-ball-sized, free-flying satellites known as Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites, or SPHERES. The SPHERES-Slosh investigation uses small robotic satellites on the space station to examine how liquids move around inside containers in microgravity. Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev (bottom right), flight engineer, looks on.

ISS031-E-030470 (12 May 2012) --- A fisheye lens attached to an electronic still camera was used to capture this image of Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 31 commander, with two Russian Orlan spacesuits in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station.

ISS018-E-018995 (10 Jan. 2009) --- Astronaut Sandra Magnus, Expedition 18 flight engineer, works with the Lab-on-a-Chip Application Development-Portable Test System (LOCAD-PTS) experiment in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. LOCAD-PTS is a handheld device for rapid detection of biological and chemical substances onboard the station.

ISS015-E-08659 (May 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, checks procedures checklists while collecting medical data for the Cognitive Cardiovascular (Cardiocog-2) experiment in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Cardiocog-2 will determine the impact of weightlessness on the cardiovascular system and respiratory system and the cognitive reactions of crewmembers. The results of this study will be used to develop additional countermeasures that will continue to keep crewmembers healthy during long-duration space exploration.

NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, foreground, and Suni Williams pose for a photograph inside of the Boeing Mockup Trainer at NASAs Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas on Aug. 2, 2018 ahead of the commercial crew flight assignments announcement Aug. 3. The pair was assigned to launch aboard Boeings CST-100 Starliner on the companys first operational mission to the International Space Station in partnership with NASAs Commercial Crew Program.

ISS021-E-007030 (15 Oct. 2009) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk and NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, both Expedition 21 flight engineers; along with European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne (background), commander, work in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.

ISS032-E-027050 (16 Sept. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander, exercises on the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation System (CEVIS) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while participating in the first triathlon in space simultaneously with athletes in the Nautica Malibu Triathlon held in Southern California.

ISS036-E-029140 (6 Aug. 2013) --- In the International Space Stations Destiny laboratory, NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 flight engineer, wears tele-operation gear consisting of a vest, gloves and visor to telerobotically test Robonaut 2s maneuvers. Cassidy was able to manipulate R2s head, neck, arms and fingers telerobotically through his own movements as well as through verbal commands.

ISS015-E-11154 (7 June 2007) --- Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 15 flight engineer, looks over procedures checklists in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station.

094 iss spyuztma18 hatchopen 249

ISS027-E-015441 (22 April 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev (left), Expedition 27 commander; along with NASA astronaut Ron Garan (center) and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko, both flight engineers, watch the departure of the unpiloted ISS Progress 41 supply vehicle through windows in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS030-E-148257 (14 March 2012) --- Controlled by teams on the ground, Robonaut 2 humanoid robot holds an instrument to measure air velocity during another system check out in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

S125-E-012531 (19 May 2009) --- Astronaut Megan McArthur, STS-125 mission specialist, works with stowage bags on the middeck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day nine activities.

S124-E-007017 (7 June 2008) --- One of an ongoing series of digital still images documenting the Japanese Experiment Module, or JEM, also called Kibo, in its new home on the International Space Station, this view depicts Kibo's interior.

S125-E-007993 (16 May 2009) --- Astronaut Megan McArthur, STS-125 mission specialist, looks through an overhead window on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day six activities.

ISS018-E-012639 (15 Dec. 2008) --- Astronaut Sandra Magnus, Expedition 18 flight engineer, uses a computer in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-129 Commander Charles O. Hobaugh, dressed in his launch-and-entry suit, is strapped into his seat aboard space shuttle Atlantis. The six astronauts for space shuttle Atlantis STS-129 mission are participating in their launch dress rehearsal, the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test.Additional training associated with the test was done last month, but the simulated countdown was postponed because of a scheduling conflict with the launch of NASAs Ares I-X test rocket. Launch of Atlantis on its STS-129 mission to the International Space Station is set for Nov. 16. On STS-129, the crew will deliver to the station two spare gyroscopes, two nitrogen tank assemblies, two pump modules, an ammonia tank assembly and a spare latching end effector for the station's robotic arm.

S132-E-008037 (16 May 2010) --- NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer, Expedition 23 flight engineer, is pictured in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while space shuttle Atlantis (STS-132) remains docked with the station.

S130-E-005218 (8 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Robert Behnken, STS-130 mission specialist, smiles for the camera while in the hatch which connects the flight deck and middeck of space shuttle Endeavour during flight day one activities.

ISS038-E-019271 (20 Dec. 2013) --- In the Quest airlock onboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station, on the eve of their first spacewalk together, NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio, right, and Mike Hopkins are completely suited in their extravehicular mobility unit spacesuits. NASA has scheduled at least two sessions of extravehicular activity for the two flight engineers to troubleshoot a faulty coolant pump on the orbital outpost.

ISS035-E-030791 (25 April 2013) --- NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn (pictured in background), Expedition 35 Flight Engineer, performs the second of a two-day session of Taskboard and Tele-operations with R 2 onboard the International Space Station. R 2 is the dexterous humanoid robot that was carried up to the station by one of NASA's final shuttle flights in 2011. The goals for these activities were orientation and depth familiarization, individual hand grasp and hand-to-hand object transfer; and all were completed nominally. The Robonaut Tele-operation System is used to demonstrate the ability to effectively control Robonaut from the station. The research objective is to evaluate this control method in terms of its ability to perform tasks as well as measure the time necessary to complete the defined tasks. This capability will need to be developed to support future operations of Robonaut in the space environment as well as certain intravehicular activity situations.

iss059e001041 (March 18, 2019) --- NASA astronaut Anne McClain works inside the crew airlock portion of the U.S. Quest airlock before the Expedition 59 crew members would begin a series of spacewalks to upgrade power systems on the International Space Station. Quest is divided into two parts. The equipment lock is where spacewalkers configure their tools and suit up in their U.S. spacesuits. The crew lock is the unit that is depressurized and repressurized and contains the hatch where the spacewalkers exit into the vacuum of space.

ISS036-E-019783 (24 June 2013) --- In the International Space Stations Destiny laboratory, a fisheye lens attached to an electronic still camera was used to capture this image of NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer, as she conducts a session with the Advanced Colloids Experiment (ACE)-1 sample preparation at the Light Microscopy Module (LMM) in the Fluids Integrated Rack / Fluids Combustion Facility (FIR/FCF). ACE-1 is a series of microscopic imaging investigations that uses the microgravity environment to examine flow characteristics and the evolution and ordering effects within a group of colloidal materials.

ISS036-E-013051 (30 June 2013) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 flight engineer, works with spacewalk equipment in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station in preparation for the first of two sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) scheduled for July 9 and July 16.

iss060e019982 (July 30, 2019) --- NASA astronaut Nick Hague works inside the Japanese Kibo laboratory module supporting research activities with the Life Sciences Glovebox. Hague is conducting science operations for the Cell Science-02 bone healing and tissue regeneration experiment.

EVA EMU OFV EV. iss069e017149 (June 2, 2023) - NASA astronaut Frank Rubio (left) assists NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg during a fit check of his spacesuit inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock.

ISS036-E-017438 (8 July 2013) --- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer, speaks into a microphone in the International Space Stations Quest airlock while the crew prepares for a July 9 session of extravehicular activity (EVA) with NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, both flight engineers.

ISS040-E-086619 (2 Aug. 2014) --- NASA astronaut Steve Swanson, Expedition 40 commander, equipped with a bungee harness, exercises on the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT) in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station.

iss061e026260 (Nov. 1, 2019) --- NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, attached to foot restraints inside the Kibo laboratory module from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), participates in interviews with journalists from Bangor, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts.

of 4