Aurora Borealis seen from space as photographed from the ISS. https://t.co/zTOsNZ1CLt
Amazing footage of our last launch. Sharing one of my favorite stills from the video as well. Huge credit to the Kuiper team. Seeing space like this is something else. https://t.co/K1gLurPxuy https://t.co/wMuMcFEr88
Happy #WorldPhotographyDay 📸 https://t.co/mGynQYqQNX
NASA astronaut Zena Cardman has released a 40-second timelapse video showing vibrant auroras sweeping below the International Space Station, offering one of the most detailed recent views of the phenomenon from orbit. Cardman filmed the sequence from a SpaceX Dragon capsule docked to the ISS at roughly 250 miles above Earth, capturing green and red ribbons of light along with the Orion constellation and passing satellites. Cardman reached the station on 2 Aug. as part of Crew-11, a four-person mission launched the previous day from Kennedy Space Center atop a SpaceX Falcon 9. The crew—Cardman, fellow NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, Japan’s Kimiya Yui and Russia’s Oleg Platonov—will spend about six months conducting research ranging from human physiology to Earth observation. The video was shared on 19 Aug., coinciding with World Photography Day, and underscores the growing role of astronaut-produced imagery in public outreach for space programs. NASA and its international partners routinely encourage crews to document atmospheric and astronomical events, both for science and to maintain public interest in orbital operations.
