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Station Commander Packs Experiment Gear
Station Commander Packs Experiment Gear

Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) packs experimental gear, including the Marangoni Inside (MI)…

Snow on Northern Japan
Snow on Northern Japan

One of the Expedition 39 crew members aboard the International Space Station used an 800mm lens to record a still…

Mississippi River and New Orleans
Mississippi River and New Orleans

From an astronaut’s point of view in Earth orbit, it would be difficult to miss the Mississippi River as it…

Astronaut Steve Swanson With Petri Plants Experiment
Astronaut Steve Swanson With Petri Plants Experiment

Inside the Harmony node of the International Space Station, Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA works with the…

Station Commander Koichi Wakata Preps for Eye Exams
Station Commander Koichi Wakata Preps for Eye Exams

Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) works with computers in the Harmony node of…

Moon Photographed From Space Station
Moon Photographed From Space Station

ISS039-E-019519 (8 May 2014) — With hardware belonging to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in the foreground, the moon appears…

Expedition 39 Trio Boards Soyuz for Journey Home
Expedition 39 Trio Boards Soyuz for Journey Home

The three departing Expedition 39 crew members are seen just before hatch closing that separates the trio from the remaining…

Commander Koichi Wakata Says Goodbye to Station Crewmates
Commander Koichi Wakata Says Goodbye to Station Crewmates

Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency waves good bye as one of the three remaining…

Expedition 39 Trio Waves Farewell to Station Crewmates
Expedition 39 Trio Waves Farewell to Station Crewmates

Inside the Unity node less than an hour before hatch closure on the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft, the Expedition 39 crew…

Satellite for Scientific Applications (SAC-C)
Satellite for Scientific Applications (SAC-C)

SAC-C conducted multi-spectral imaging of terrestrial and coastal environments, developed techniques to measure atmospheric phenomena using GPS, and improved understanding…