Prime Seats for Earth's Show

An April 2012 photo by European Space Agency astronaut André Kuipers captures the lights of Europe spinning below the international space station, in blue in the foreground.
An April 2012 photo by European Space Agency astronaut André Kuipers captures the lights of Europe spinning below the international space station, in blue in the foreground.
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A photo taken in May 2013 shows American astronaut Chris Cassidy during a spacewalk to inspect and replace a pump controller box on the space station.
A photo taken in May 2013 shows American astronaut Chris Cassidy during a spacewalk to inspect and replace a pump controller box on the space station.
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As clouds drifted by below on Earth, the unmanned U.S. commercial cargo ship Cygnus approached the space station in late September 2013. It was Cygnus’s debut test flight; the ship will be used for supply runs starting in December.
As clouds drifted by below on Earth, the unmanned U.S. commercial cargo ship Cygnus approached the space station in late September 2013. It was Cygnus’s debut test flight; the ship will be used for supply runs starting in December.
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Astronaut Chris Cassidy, a flight engineer, snapped photos of Earth from inside the space station’s cupola.
Astronaut Chris Cassidy, a flight engineer, snapped photos of Earth from inside the space station’s cupola.
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Astronauts aboard the space station photographed an ash plume rising above Alaska’s Pavlof Volcano in May 2013, a few days after the volcano began erupting.
Astronauts aboard the space station photographed an ash plume rising above Alaska’s Pavlof Volcano in May 2013, a few days after the volcano began erupting.
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The Russian federal space agency, Roscosmos, released this photo in August 2013 showing a Japanese robotic cargo spaceship docking with the station.
The Russian federal space agency, Roscosmos, released this photo in August 2013 showing a Japanese robotic cargo spaceship docking with the station.
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A crew member captured this image of the sun rising over the South Pacific in early May.
A crew member captured this image of the sun rising over the South Pacific in early May.
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Another astronaut photograph showed the length of the Red Sea in July 2013, with a plume of dust rising from Egypt, left, and reaching east toward Saudi Arabia. The Nile River is visible at upper left.
Another astronaut photograph showed the length of the Red Sea in July 2013, with a plume of dust rising from Egypt, left, and reaching east toward Saudi Arabia. The Nile River is visible at upper left.
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A Russian Soyuz spacecraft was photographed as it approached the space station in late September.
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft was photographed as it approached the space station in late September.
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A mass of storm clouds over the Atlantic Ocean near Brazil provided a backdrop for a Russian spacecraft, docked to the station, in this early July photograph.
A mass of storm clouds over the Atlantic Ocean near Brazil provided a backdrop for a Russian spacecraft, docked to the station, in this early July photograph.
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Stratocumulus clouds spread across the northwestern Pacific Ocean in January.
Stratocumulus clouds spread across the northwestern Pacific Ocean in January.
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The commercial supply ship Dragon, developed by the U.S. company SpaceX, hooked up with the space station in March during a resupply mission.
The commercial supply ship Dragon, developed by the U.S. company SpaceX, hooked up with the space station in March during a resupply mission.
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