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Expedition 30 Earth Observations

Station Captures Views of U.S., Canada, Northern Lights

Imagery taken by astronauts on station includes flights over nighttime U.S. and views of the aurora borealis over Canada and the Pacific.

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Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk uses Neurospat hardware to perform the Bodies in the Space Environment experiment

Astronaut Vision Changes Offer Opportunity for Research

Astronauts on the station are not allowing vision issues to keep them from completing their important tasks on the orbiting laboratory.

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Expedition 30 Flight Engineer Don Pettit

Astronaut Pettit Shares Passion for Science from Space

NASA astronaut Don Pettit will use everyday objects from Earth to demonstrate physics through "Science off the Sphere."

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Oleg Kononenko and Chicago area night lights

Living and Working

The crew checks spacesuits ahead of a Feb. 16 spacewalk and focuses on science and station maintenance.

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ISS030-E-051104: NASA astronaut Don Pettit

A Lab for Science, and for Thinking

In Expedition 30 Flight Engineer Don Pettit's latest blog entry, he discusses how we can best use the station now that its construction is complete.

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jsc2012e017837 -- Multiple images of the International Space Station

Photographing the Station from Your Own Backyard

Photographing the station seems like something that could be done only from space, but taking its picture is easier than you might think.

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SPHERES satellites aboard the International Space Station (NASA)

Research and Technology

In high school, there are champions of football, basketball and even music, but not many students can say they are champs on the ISS.

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ISS030-E-007557 -- Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank (foreground) and Flight Engineer Anton Shkaplerov

Crews and Expeditions

Learn more about expeditions to the International Space Station.

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Facilities around the world support the operation and management of the International Space Station Credit: NASA

International Cooperation

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station.

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International Space Station Calendar

    2012 International Space Station calendar Here is the International Space Station's 2012 calendar. This calendar contains photographs of the space station and the work being done on board, and highlights historic NASA milestones. (Please Note: To print this large calendar on 8.5 by 11 paper, printer may need to be set on a “to shrink to fit” option.)

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