Good Evening, Japan
The lights of Japan 's communities light up the island archipelago at night as the International Space Station passes overhead. In this Earth observation of Japan taken by Expedition 44 crewmember Scott Kelly, the Soyuz Spacecraft connected to the Mini Research Module 1 (MRM1), as well as a Progress Spacecraft are visible in the foreground.
Kelly posted this photo to Twitter on July 25, 2015, with the caption, "#Goodevening #Japan. Showing @Astro_Kimiya how to take pictures of #Earth at night. #YearInSpace."
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos launched to the space station on March 27, 2015, for their one-year mission. The pair’s return on March 1, 2016, marked the end of 340 days aboard the space station. Their One-Year Mission has provided new insights into how the human body adjusts to weightlessness, isolation, radiation, and stress associated with long-duration spaceflight. This knowledge is critical as NASA looks toward human journeys deeper into the solar system, including to and from Mars, which could last 500 days or longer.
Credit: NASA/Scott Kelly
Image Number: ISS044E022682
Date: July 25, 2015
Good Evening, Japan
The lights of Japan 's communities light up the island archipelago at night as the International Space Station passes overhead. In this Earth observation of Japan taken by Expedition 44 crewmember Scott Kelly, the Soyuz Spacecraft connected to the Mini Research Module 1 (MRM1), as well as a Progress Spacecraft are visible in the foreground.
Kelly posted this photo to Twitter on July 25, 2015, with the caption, "#Goodevening #Japan. Showing @Astro_Kimiya how to take pictures of #Earth at night. #YearInSpace."
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos launched to the space station on March 27, 2015, for their one-year mission. The pair’s return on March 1, 2016, marked the end of 340 days aboard the space station. Their One-Year Mission has provided new insights into how the human body adjusts to weightlessness, isolation, radiation, and stress associated with long-duration spaceflight. This knowledge is critical as NASA looks toward human journeys deeper into the solar system, including to and from Mars, which could last 500 days or longer.
Credit: NASA/Scott Kelly
Image Number: ISS044E022682
Date: July 25, 2015