Astronauts Working in Space

Images of astronauts conducting various tasks aboard the International Space Station, showcasing advanced technology, laboratory settings, and teamwork in a confined, high-tech environment.

ISS030-E-210319 (15 Jan. 2012) --- European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, Expedition 30 flight engineer, uses a vacuum cleaner during housekeeping operations in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS030-E-117437 (1 Feb. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, uses the Space Linear Acceleration Mass Measurement Device (SLAMMD) in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

STS105-E-5158 (13 August 2001) --- Astronaut Patrick G. Forrester, STS-105 mission specialist, inputs data on a laptop computer on the mid deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery, which is currently docked to the International Space Station (ISS). The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

ISS030-E-210319 (15 Jan. 2012) --- European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, Expedition 30 flight engineer, uses a vacuum cleaner during housekeeping operations in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

iss051e050849 (5/26/2017) --- NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer work to install a Gas Supply Hose Assembly and Gas Bottle Unit Air in the Electrostatic Levitation Furnace (ELF) in the Kibo Japanese Experiment Pressurized Module (JPM) aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in supprt of the Passive Thermal Flight Experiment.The Advanced Passive Thermal eXperiment (APTx) tests three advanced thermal management technologies. It demonstrates the in-space performance of each, an important step toward improving these technologies for use on future space exploration missions.

S130-E-008807 (16 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Terry Virts, STS-130 pilot, floats through a hatch between the Unity and Tranquility nodes of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.

iss055e024310 (April 17, 2018) --- NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Scott Tingle are at work inside the U.S. Destiny laboratory module. Feustel works on routing and installing ethernet cables throughout the International Space Station. Tingle conducts research for the Metabolic Tracking experiment inside the lab module's Microgravity Science Glovebox.

ISS036-E-030213 (9 Aug. 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, prepares to open the hatch to the newly attached Japanese "Kounotori" H2 Transfer Vehicle-4 (HTV-4) docked to the International Space Station's Harmony node.

ISS034-E-005616 (5 Dec. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 34 commander, uses a computer near two Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station.

ISS019-E-013399 (2 May 2009) --- Astronaut Michael Barratt, Expedition 19/20 flight engineer, uses Neurospat hardware to perform the Bodies in the Space Environment (BISE) experiment in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. The Canadian Space Agency-sponsored BISE experiment studies how astronauts perceive up and down in microgravity.

ISS032-E-020520 (28 July 2012) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 32 flight engineer, uses a vacuum cleaner during housekeeping operations in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

iss053e238888 (Nov. 7, 2017) --- Expedition 53 Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli, from the European Space Agency, tests a personal radiation shielding garment. Water is used for its shielding properties and filled inside garment containers covering organs that are especially sensitive to cosmic radiation.

ISS022-E-068561 (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.

ISS038-E-053258 (19 Feb. 2014) --- In the inner hatch of the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory airlock, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer, prepares a second batch of NanoRacks CubeSats for deployment.

ISS034-E-010622 (31 Dec. 2012) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield, Expedition 34 flight engineer, performs a periodic fitness evaluation on the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation System (CEVIS) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS038-E-007156 (22 Nov. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, Expedition 38 flight engineer, exercises on the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation System (CEVIS) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS038-E-013714 (9 Dec. 2013) --- In the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory, NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, Expedition 38 flight engineer, prepares Robonaut 2 for an upcoming ground-commanded firmware update that will support the installation of a pair of legs for the humanoid robot. R2 was designed to test out the capability of a robot to perform tasks deemed too dangerous or mundane for astronauts. Robonaut's legs are scheduled to arrive to the station aboard the SpaceX-3 commercial cargo mission in February 2014.

S126-E-008603 (20 Nov. 2008) --- Astronauts Greg Chamitoff, STS-126 mission specialist, and Sandra Magnus, Expedition 18 flight engineer, work in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.

S130-E-006848 (10 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Nicholas Patrick, STS-130 mission specialist, floats through the Harmony node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 66 Flight Engineer Kayla Barron cleans cooling loops and water lines inside a pair of U.S. spacesuits aboard the International Space Station's Quest airlock.

ISS024-E-007108 (30 June 2010) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, Expedition 24 commander, installs hardware for the new Plasma Crystal-3 Plus experiment in the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) of the International Space Station.

S125-E-012525 (19 May 2009) --- Astronaut Gregory C. Johnson, STS-125 pilot, floats on the middeck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day nine activities.

ISS016-E-017357 (17 Dec. 2007) --- Astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander, works in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS020-E-008956 (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.

ISS026-E-031200 (2 March 2011) --- NASA astronauts Eric Boe (left), STS-133 pilot; and Scott Kelly, Expedition 26 commander, move the Robonaut2 container in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

ISS017-E-021291 (15 Oct. 2008) --- Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 17 flight engineer, floats through the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS016-E-006856 (27 Oct. 2007) --- NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson (left), Expedition 16 commander, and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespoli, STS-120 mission specialist, open the hatch to the Harmony node -- the newest additional to the International Space Station -- while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station.

ISS040-E-139549 (9 Sept. 2014) --- In the International Space Stations Kibo laboratory, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Expedition 40 crew member, works with the bowling ball-sized satellites known as SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold Engage Reorient Experimental Satellites) to study how liquids behave inside containers in microgravity. The experiment, named SPHERES-Slosh, maneuvers the tiny satellites similar to an actual spacecraft with an externally mounted tank and observes the interaction between the sloshing fluid and the tank/vehicle dynamics.

ISS032-E-016875 (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.

ISS038-E-015223 (11 Dec. 2013) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer, works with a video camera in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

iss050e042167 (2/13/2017) --- European Space Agency (ESA) Thomas Pesquet and NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson setting up the Microgravity Expanded Stem Cells (MESC) Life Science Ancillary Hardware (LSAH) in the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG). Microgravity Expanded Stem Cells cultivates human stem cells aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for use in clinical trials to evaluate their use in treating disease.

ISS038-E-015224 (11 Dec. 2013) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer, floats freely while holding a video camera in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS040-E-019318 (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.

ISS040-E-001053 (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.

iss063e030599 (June 18, 2020) --- (From left) Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy and Flight Engineer Bob Behnken work on U.S. spacesuit maintenance inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock.

ISS005-E-17412 (13 October 2002) --- Cosmonaut Valery G. Korzun (left), Expedition Five mission commander, and astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition Five flight engineer, perform maintenance on the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Korzun represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS013-E-40012 (22 June 2006) --- Astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams, Expedition 13 NASA space station science officer and flight engineer, works with stowage containers in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

ISS038-E-013718 (9 Dec. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, Expedition 38 flight engineer, performs routine in-flight maintenance in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS030-E-032779 (16 Jan. 2012) --- European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, Expedition 30 flight engineer, works at the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS029-E-021636 (6 Oct. 2011) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 29 flight engineer, uses Neurospat hardware to perform a science session with the European Space Agency PASSAGES experiment in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station. PASSAGES is designed to test how astronauts interpret visual information in weightlessness. It aims at studying the effects of microgravity on the use of the 'Eye-Height' strategy for estimating allowed actions in an environment, and whether this could possibly decrease after a long exposure to weightlessness.

ISS029-E-021641 (6 Oct. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 29 commander, uses Neurospat hardware to perform a science session with the European Space Agency PASSAGES experiment in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station. PASSAGES is designed to test how astronauts interpret visual information in weightlessness. It aims at studying the effects of microgravity on the use of the 'Eye-Height' strategy for estimating allowed actions in an environment, and whether this could possibly decrease after a long exposure to weightlessness.

iss051e050850 (5/26/2017) --- NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer work to install a Gas Supply Hose Assembly and Gas Bottle Unit Air in the Electrostatic Levitation Furnace (ELF) in the Kibo Japanese Experiment Pressurized Module (JPM) aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in supprt of the Passive Thermal Flight Experiment.The Advanced Passive Thermal eXperiment (APTx) tests three advanced thermal management technologies. It demonstrates the in-space performance of each, an important step toward improving these technologies for use on future space exploration missions.

ISS030-E-007419 (1 Dec. 2011) --- In the International Space Stations Destiny laboratory, NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, conducts a session with the Preliminary Advanced Colloids Experiment (PACE) at the Light Microscopy Module (LMM) in the Fluids Integrated Rack / Fluids Combustion Facility (FIR/FCF). PACE is designed to investigate the capability of conducting high magnification colloid experiments with the LMM for determining the minimum size particles which can be resolved with it.

ISS022-E-015698 (28 Dec. 2009) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi (left) and NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer, both Expedition 22 flight engineers, service the Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI-1) in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

View of Chris Hadfield,Expedition 34 Flight Engineer (FE), points to stowed food packets,in the Node 1. Photo was taken during Expedition 34.

ISS030-E-128838 (8 March 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, works with Catalytic Reactor hardware in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

ISS024-E-007344 (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.

S134-E-007765 (20 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, STS-134 commander, works on the middeck of space shuttle Endeavour while docked with the International Space Station.

S126-E-008311 (19 Nov. 2008) --- Astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, STS-126 mission specialist, makes notations on the middeck of Space Shuttle Endeavour while docked with the International Space Station.

ISS025-E-012092 (29 Oct. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, Expedition 25 flight engineer, uses a computer in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

iss043e198418 (5/15/2015) --- NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is shown during the collection of surface and air samples using various devices in multiple locations to characterize the types of microbial populations on the International Space Station (ISS) for the Microbial Observatory-1 payload. The Microbial Payload Tracking Series (Microbial Observatory-1) investigation monitors the types of microbes present on ISS over a one-year period. Samples are returned to Earth for further study, enabling scientists to understand the diversity of the microbial flora on the ISS and how it changes over time.

ISS036-E-013810 (1 July 2013) --- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer, works in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

S126-E-010214 (24 Nov. 2008) --- Astronauts Steve Bowen (left) and Shane Kimbrough, both STS-126 mission specialists, attired in their Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits, prepare for the mission's fourth and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station. Astronaut Chris Ferguson, commander, assists Bowen and Kimbrough.

ISS018-E-015940 (11 Dec. 2008) --- Astronaut Sandra Magnus, Expedition 18 flight engineer, uses a communication system while working in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

iss064e016628 (Dec. 30, 2020) --- Flight Engineer Shannon Walker is pictured with spacewalk hardware inside the Quest airlock where spacewalks in U.S. spacesuits are staged.

ISS022-E-014698 (26 Dec. 2009) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, Expedition 22 flight engineer, uses a vacuum cleaner during housekeeping operations in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS037-E-028164 (9 Nov. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, Expedition 38 flight engineer, 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.

Astronaut Karen Nyberg,Expedition 36 flight engineer,performs a Space Linear Acceleration Mass Measurement Device (SLAMMD) Body Mass Measurement test in the U.S. Laboratory.

ISS046e038911 (01/10/2016) --- NASA astronaut Scott Kelly (left) and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Timothy Peake (right) review images during a procedure to replace a fan pump separator inside one of the U.S. spacesuits aboard the International Space Station. The activity took place inside the Quest airlock where all U.S. based spacewalks begin and end.

iss056e099195 (July 28, 2018) --- German astronaut Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) is busy with housecleaning activities inside the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module.

ISS030-E-156300 (23 Jan. 2012) --- European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, Expedition 30 flight engineer, lubricates and cleans the beverage adapter on the Potable Water Dispenser (PWD) in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.

ISS034-E-067585 (12 March 2013) --- Inside the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Kibo lab on the Earth-orbiting International Space Station, NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 34 commander, conducts a session of the ongoing SPHERES-VERTIGO investigation. SPHERES stands for Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient Experimental Satellites. Each satellite is an 18-sided polyhedron that is 0.2 meter in diameter and weighs 3.5 kilograms. The prism-shaped device (called Goggles) which is easily seen hooked up to the polyhedron on the right in this picture is called Visual Estimation and Relative Tracking for Inspection of Generic Objects (VERTIGO).

iss052e004198 (June 19, 2017) ---- Astronaut Peggy Whitson changes out the Imaging Unit on the Bone Densitometer inside the Harmony module. The SpaceX Dragon is attached to the Earth-facing port of Harmony.

ISS033-E-016196 (26 Oct. 2012) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 33 flight engineer, closes a dewar cover after servicing the Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS-2 (MELFI-2) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

iss059e060922 (May 10, 2019) --- NASA astronaut Anne McClain works on Kidney Cells hardware inside the Life Sciences Glovebox located in Japan's Kibo laboratory module. Kidney Cells is an investigation that is seeking innovative treatments for kidney stones, osteoporosis and toxic chemical exposures to protect the health of astronauts in space and humans on Earth.

S126-E-008624 (20 Nov. 2008) --- Astronaut Sandra Magnus, Expedition 18 flight engineer, assembles the GPS antenna in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-126) remains docked with the station. The GPS antenna is scheduled be installed on the Kibo laboratory during the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA).

ISS030-E-074063 (15 Feb. 2012) --- Robonaut 2, nicknamed R2, shakes hands with NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. This event made history with the first human/robotic handshake to be performed in space.

ISS040-E-011004 (13 June 2014) --- European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer, works with samples and hardware for a combustion experiment known as the Burning and Suppression of Solids (BASS) in the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

STS095-E-5035 (10-29-98) --- Astronaut Steven W. Lindsey, pilot, rehydrates a drink at the galley on Discovery's mid deck during Flight Day 1 activities. The photo was taken with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 11:47:56 GMT, Oct. 29.

ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti works on U.S. spacesuits inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock.

ISS020-E-037162 (30 Aug. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer, uses a computer in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-128) remains docked with the station.

In the International Space Stations Destiny laboratory,NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg,Expedition 36 flight engineer,speaks into a microphone while conducting 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.

ISS025-E-008414 (21 Oct. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Shannon Walker, Expedition 25 flight engineer, works at the Cell Biology Experiment Facility (CBEF) in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

S130-E-007388 (11 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer, Expedition 22 flight engineer, exercises using the advanced Resistive Exercise Device (aRED) in the Unity node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour (STS-130) remains docked with the station.

ISS020-E-042207 (26 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, Expedition 20 flight engineer, works with the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

S123-E-008367 (21 March 2008) --- Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 16 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, drinks a beverage while working in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-123) is docked with the station.

ISS019-E-007577 (18 April 2009) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 19/20 flight engineer, uses a vacuum cleaner during housekeeping operations in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS037-E-010421 (11 Oct. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Expedition 37 flight engineer, works with a Russian Orlan spacesuit in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station.

ISS016-E-010247 (8 Nov. 2007) --- Cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition16 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and astronaut Peggy A. Whitson (partially out of frame), commander; and work with Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station.

ISS026-E-014918 (4 Jan. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman, Expedition 26 flight engineer, removes the Low Gradient Furnace (LGF) and installs the Solidification and Quench Furnace (SQF) in the Material Science Laboratory (MSL) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS028-E-005981 (28 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, STS-134 mission specialist, performs maintenance on the Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.

ISS020-E-037498 (1 Sept. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer, prepares to install a new crew quarters compartment in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-128) remains docked with the station.

ISS040-E-139592 (9 Sept. 2014) --- In the Unity node, NASA astronaut Steve Swanson (left), Expedition 40 commander, adds the Expedition 40 patch to the growing collection of insignias representing crews who have worked on the International Space Station. Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov (center) and Oleg Artemyev, both flight engineers, look on.

iss060e029526 (Aug. 8, 2019) --- Expedition 60 Flight Engineer Christina Koch of NASA works inside the U.S. Quest airlock configuring a pair spacesuits that NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Andrew Morgan will wear during a spacewalk on Aug. 21. The duo will spend about six and a half hours routing cables and configuring the International Docking Adapter-3 on top of the Harmony module in preparation for the arrival of future SpaceX and Boeing crew vehicles.

ISS028-E-019392 (28 July 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 28 flight engineer, performs in-flight maintenance on the advanced Resistive Exercise Device (aRED) in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station.

S126-E-011536 (26 Nov. 2008) --- Members of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and International Space Station crews work together in the orbital outpost's Harmony node as they move within a day and half of undocking and going separate ways. Astronaut Michael Fincke, commander for Expedition 18, is partially visible at lower left. Astronaut Shane Kimbrough, STS-126 pilot, is at right.

iss059e001272 (March 19, 2019) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques moves a U.S spacesuit inside the Destiny laboratory module.

ISS026-E-021187 (27 Jan. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman, Expedition 26 flight engineer, is pictured inside a coil of cable in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS032-E-010119 (27 July 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 32 flight engineer, uses a body mass measurement device (BMMD) in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, flight engineer, is visible in the background.

ISS024-E-007735 (10 July 2010) --- NASA astronaut Shannon Walker, Expedition 24 flight engineer, uses a vacuum cleaner during housekeeping operations in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS036-E-013069 (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.

STS047-204-006 (12 - 20 Sept 1992) --- Dr. Mamoru Mohri, payload specialist representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA), participates in an experiment designed to learn more about Space Adaptation Syndrome (SAS). The experiment is titled, Comparative Measurement of Visual Stability in Earth and Cosmic Space. During the experiment, Dr. Mohri tracked a flickering light target while eye movements and neck muscle tension were measured. This 45-degree angle position was one of four studied during the eight-day Spacelab-J mission.

ISS040-E-130232 (9 Sept. 2014) --- European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer, installs a microscope for the Cell Mechanosensing-2 experiment in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. The Japanese experiment, which is conducted in Kibos Kobairo rack, seeks to identify gravity sensors in cells that may change the expression of key proteins and genes and allowing muscles to atrophy in microgravity.

ISS020-E-042216 (26 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, Expedition 20 flight engineer, works in the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) docked to the International Space Station.

ISS039-E-013158 (18 April 2014) --- In the U.S. lab Destiny on the Earth-orbiting International Space Station, Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA works on WRS condensate pumping, using the high flow water transfer pump.

ISS030-E-015658 (25 Dec. 2011) --- European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers takes pictures in Node 2 (Harmony) aboard the International Space Station. The Expedition 30/31 flight engineer came aboard the orbital outpost about two days ago, joining a total of five other astronauts and cosmonauts.

ISS020-E-037868 (2 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Nicole Stott and European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, both Expedition 20 flight engineers, work at the Japanese Remote Manipulator System (JEM-RMS) work station in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

iss052e062035 (8/9/2017) --- NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is photographed performing Cardiac Myocytes investigation operations. The Conversion of Adipogenic Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Mature Cardiac Myocytes (Cardiac Myocytes) investigation uses the microgravity environment of space to examine how stem cells differentiate into specialized heart cells (cardiac myocytes).

ISS014-E-12521 (21 Jan. 2007) --- Cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition 14 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, uses a communication system as he floats in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

ISS040-E-018383 (24 June 2014) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev (left) and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, both Expedition 40 flight engineers, 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.

ISS036-E-011305 (24 June 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov, Expedition 36 commander, uses a computer in the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) of the International Space Station.

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