NASA’s Top 10 International Space Station Photos of 2024

NASA shares fascinating astronaut moments captured in space

By Sheetal Kumari | December 13, 2024

Astronauts Inside Cygnus

Expedition 71 team poses inside Unity module with Cygnus spacecraft, featuring NASA astronauts Dominick, Epps, Williams, Barratt, Dyson, and Wilmore.

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NASA Astronaut on Treadmill

NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli exercises on T2 treadmill aboard ISS, combating muscle atrophy in microgravity while monitoring sleep and heart rate with Actiwatch.

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Astronaut Exercises on CEVIS

NASA astronaut Nick Hague uses T-mini headband aboard ISS, tracking core body temperature to study human adaptation and function in microgravity.

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Astronaut Teleoperates Surgical Robot on ISS

Dr. Dmitry Oleynikov remotely operates a surgical robot on the ISS, testing techniques that could enable robotic surgeries anywhere, anytime, through the Robotic Surgery Tech Demo.

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BioFabrication Facility-Cardiac Investigation

NASA’s Jeanette Epps uses the BioFabrication Facility to 3D bioprint cardiac tissue in microgravity, advancing efforts toward printing transplant-ready organs on Earth.

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Astronauts Wear Eye-Protecting Specs

NASA astronauts view a solar eclipse from the ISS cupola, capturing over 630,000 images to aid research on Earth’s changes over time.

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Astronaut Processes Brain Organoid Samples

NASA astronaut Mike Barratt processes brain organoid samples to study neurodegenerative diseases, aiding spaceflight research and treatments for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

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Sunita Williams works on StemCellEX-H1

NASA astronaut Suni Williams works on StemCellEX-H1, advancing in-space production of high-quality stem cells for blood diseases and cancer therapies.

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NASA Astronaut Performs a Zero Robotics Tech Act

NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson demonstrates Astrobee for Zero Robotics, a student competition encouraging middle and high school students to pursue STEM fields.

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Food Coloring in Microgravity

NASA astronaut Don Pettit adds food coloring to water, creating a miniature Jupiter while having fun in microgravity aboard the International Space Station.

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