Astronaut Photography Collection

Earthrise over Moon, Apollo 8

International Space Station, 2008
International Space Station (ISS), February 2008, taken from the Space Shuttle Atlantis after undocking took place towards the end of the Shuttles mission to the ISS

UK at night from space
UK at night, as seen from the International Space Station (ISS). City lights (yellow) show areas of dense population. France is at bottom. Image taken on 24th December 2010

Alexei Leonov, first space walk, 1965
First space walk. Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov (born 1934), outside the Voskhod 2 spacecraft in a spacesuit on 18 March 1965, while orbiting the Earth (in the background)

Aurora, ISS image
Aurora australis, ISS image. Taken aboard the International Space Station, 17th September 2011

Hurricane Epsilon, ISS image
Hurricane Epsilon. International Space Station (ISS) image of hurricane Epsilon over the central Atlantic Ocean on 3rd December 2005

Manned maneuvring unit space walk, 1984

Italy at night, ISS image
Italy at night. International Space Station (ISS) image of Italy (centre) and the Adriatic coast (right) at night. The island of Sicily is at centre left

SpaceX Dragon capsule at the ISS C016 / 4214
SpaceX Dragon capsule at the ISS

International Space Station, 2010
International Space Station (ISS), February 2010, taken from the Space Shuttle Endeavour prior to docking at the beginning of its mission to the ISS

The Great Lakes, ISS image C016 / 3870
The Great Lakes. View from the International Space Station (ISS) of the Great Lakes of the USA and Canada. North is towards upper right. Here, the ISS is over a point to the southeast of Nova Scotia

River Nile, Luxor, Egypt, as seen from the International Space Station (ISS). North is towards bottom left

New York City from space, ISS image. New York City photographed from the International Space Station on the 14th March 2012

Earth and moon, ISS image
Earth and moon taken by astronauts on the International Space Shuttle (ISS). Photographed 21st October 2011

Solar array panel, ISS image. Photograph of the sun through the solar array panels of the International Space Station (ISS). In the background can be seen the thin blue line of the Earths atmosphere

Tripoli at night, ISS image C018 / 9222
Tripoli at night. Photographed by astronauts aboard the International Space Station 18th April 2013. The picture was taken using a camera aid called NightPod

Tokyo at night, ISS image C018 / 9224
Tokyo at night. Photographed by astronauts aboard the International Space Station 9th January 2011. The picture was taken using a camera aid called NightPod

Qatar at night, ISS image C018 / 9225
Qatar at night. Photographed by astronauts aboard the International Space Station 13th October 2012. The picture was taken using a camera aid called NightPod

Paris C018 / 9219
Paris at night. Photographed by astronauts aboard the International Space Station 7th April 2013. The picture was taken using a camera aid called NightPod

Dubai at night, ISS image C018 / 9216
Dubai at night. Photographed by astronauts aboard the International Space Station 16th June 2012. The picture was taken using a camera aid called NightPod

Walker Lake, Nevada, ISS image. Photograph of Walker Lake, western Nevada, taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Photographed 29th July 2012

Bassas da India, ISS image C015 / 1897
Bassas da India photographed by astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) on 2nd April 2011

Wildfire, Idaho, USA, ISS image. Forest wildfires photographed by astronauts aboard the International Space Station in September 2012

Aurora australis, ISS image. Taken aboard the International Space Station, 18th September 2011

Lake Powell, Utah, ISS image. Photograph of Lake Powell (left and right of image) and the Rincon (centre middle), a circular dried river bed impression

Europe and middle east at night, ISS
Europe and middle east at night photographed by astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) on 21st October 2011

Salar de Coipasa, Bolivia, ISS image. Photograph of Salar de Coipasa, Bolivia, taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS)

Polar mesospheric clouds, ISS image. Photograph of polar mesospheric clouds from the northern hemisphere taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS)

Durrat Al Bahrain, ISS image
Durrat Al Bahrain as photographed by astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) on the 23rd January 2011

Astronaut Aki Hoshide, ISS. Photograph of Japanese born astronaut Aki Hoshide taking still pictures of the Canadarm2 robotic arm outside the International Space Station. Photographed 16th October 2012

Satellites and ISS solar panel in space. Photograph of three small satellites released into space from the International Space Station (ISS). This photograph was taken by astronauts aboard the ISS

Solar eclipse, ISS image. Photograph showing the moons shadow over Earth caused by the solar eclipse on 20th May 2012

Alaid Volcano, Kuril Islands, ISS image
Alaid volcano, Kuril Islands, ISS image. Photograph of Alaid volcano taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS)

New York at night, ISS image C016 / 6382
New York at night. Photographed by astronauts aboard the International Space Station 23rd March 2013. The picture was taken using a camera aid called NightPod

Boston at night, ISS image C016 / 6376
Boston at night. Photographed by astronaut Chris Hadfield aboard the International Space Station 6th April 2012. The picture was taken using a camera aid called NightPod

Apollo 9 docked command module in orbit C014 / 4702
Apollo 9 docked command module in orbit

Texas at night, ISS image
Texas at night, photographed by astronaut Mike Fossum on the International Space Station (ISS) on 6th November 2011. The photo shows the Gulf Coast at night with cities glowing brightly

Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina, ISS. Photograph of the Perito Moreno Glacier (centre middle) in Patagonia, Argentina

Lake Sakakawea, North Dakota, ISS image. Photograph of frozen lakes, rivers and agricultural land around Lake Sakakawea (lower right), North Dakota, USA

Southeastern USA at night, ISS image. Photograph of southern USA at night taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS)

Volcanoes, Kamchatka Peninsula, ISS image. Photograph of the Kamchatka Peninsula (Russian Far East) taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) at night

Von Karman vortex cloud, ISS image. Photograph of von Karman vortex streets in the northern Pacific taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS)

UK and Ireland at night, ISS image. Photograph of UK and Ireland taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) at night

Himalayas from space, ISS image
Himalaya Mountains photographed by astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) on the 6th January 2011

Hurricane Katia, ISS image
Hurricane Katia photographed my astronaut Mike Fossum on the International Space Station (ISS) on 6th September 2011

Ouarkziz Impact Crater from space
Ouarkziz Impact Crater. Image of the Ouarkziz Impact Crater, Algeria, taken by an astronaut on board the International Space Station

SpaceX Dragon capsule at the ISS C016 / 4215
SpaceX Dragon capsule at the ISS

Pakistan-India at night, ISS image C016 / 4204
Pakistan-India at night. View from the International Space Station (ISS) of the western Himalayas (left) with the city lights of northern Pakistan and India (upper right) on the Indo-Gangetic Plain

North-western Europe at night, ISS image C016 / 3892
North-western Europe at night. View from the International Space Station (ISS) of the city lights of north-western Europe. North is at left

Italy at night, ISS image C016 / 3891
Italy at night. View from the International Space Station (ISS) of the city lights of Italy. North is towards upper right. Sicily is at lower left, below Sardinia and Corsica

Nukuoro Atoll, ISS image C016 / 3885
Nukuoro Atoll. View from the International Space Station (ISS) of Nukuoro Atoll, one of 607 islands that form part of the Federated States of Micronesia

Cloud layers, ISS image C016 / 3872
Cloud layers. View from the International Space Station (ISS) of cloud layers in Earths atmosphere over eastern Brazil

Thunderstorms, space shuttle image C016 / 3867
Thunderstorms. Space shuttle image of multiple thunderstorm cells (lower frame and at upper right) in Earths atmosphere

Hispaniola, ISS image C016 / 3868
Hispaniola. View from the International Space Station (ISS) of the island of Hispaniola (foreground) with Cuba extending over the horizon at top. North is at right. Jamaica is at upper left

Moonrise over Earth, ISS image C016 / 3865
Moonrise over Earth. Composite of three images of the Full Moon, obscured and distorted by Earths atmosphere, as seen from the International Space Station (ISS)

Comet Lovejoy from the ISS C013 / 5146
Comet Lovejoy above the Earths limb, as seen from the International Space Station (ISS)

ISS and star trails, from space C013 / 4895
ISS and star trails. Time exposure image of star trails and the Earth (bottom) taken from the International Space Station (ISS)

Earth and star trails, from space C013 / 4891
Earth and star trails. Time exposure image of star trails and the Earth (bottom) taken from the International Space Station (ISS, part seen at top)

Earth and star trails, from space C013 / 4893
Earth and star trails. Time exposure image of star trails (top) and the Earth taken from the International Space Station (ISS)

Earth and star trails, from space C013 / 4892
Earth and star trails. Time exposure image of star trails and the Earth (bottom) taken from the International Space Station (ISS)

ISS and star trails, from space C013 / 4894
ISS and star trails. Time exposure image of star trails taken from the International Space Station (ISS)

ISS and star trails, from space C013 / 4888
ISS and star trails. Time exposure image of star trails and the Earth (bottom) taken from the International Space Station (ISS)

ISS and star trails, from space C013 / 4889
ISS and star trails. Time exposure image of star trails and the Earth (bottom) taken from the International Space Station (ISS)

ISS and star trails, from space C013 / 4887
ISS and star trails. Time exposure image of star trails and the Earth (bottom) taken from the International Space Station (ISS)

ISS and star trails, from space C013 / 4890
ISS and star trails. Time exposure image of star trails and the Earth (bottom) taken from the International Space Station (ISS)

Astronaut performing a spacewalk
Astronaut performing a space walk. Composite image of an astronaut performing a space walk, or extra-vehicular activity (EVA), during the STS-115 mission. The Earth is seen in the background

Astronaut self-portrait, composite image
Astronaut self-portrait. Composite image of an astronaut taking a picture of himself whilst performing a space walk, or extra-vehicular activity (EVA), during a space shuttle mission

Eye of Hurricane Dean, 18 August 2007
Eye of Hurricane Dean. Clouds swirling around the eye of Hurricane Dean over the Caribbean at noon local time on 18 August 2007

Himalaya mountain range, shuttle image
Himalaya mountain range. Space shuttle image of the Great Himalayas taken when the Shuttle was over Kolkata (formally Calcutta), India, looking northwest over Nepal

Al Wadj Bank, Red Sea, from space
Al Wadj Bank, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, from space. This is a coral reef system that includes islands (brown), seagrass meadows (dark green) and sand plains (beige)

Sikhote-Alin meteorite site (centre) seen from space. The Sikhote-Alin meteorite fell at around 10.30am on 12th February 1947, in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Siberia, Russia

Atlantic Ocean, ISS image
Atlantic Ocean. International Space Station (ISS) image of clouds over the Atlantic Ocean. Image taken by an expedition 7 crew member on 4th October 2003

Gosses Bluff crater, Australia
Gosses Bluff crater, seen from spaces. This impact crater is 160 kilometres to the west of Alice Springs, Australia

Aorounga Crater, Chad, satellite image
Aorounga Crater, satellite image. This impact crater is in the Sahara Desert, in Chad

North Africa at night, ISS image
North Africa at night. International Space Station (ISS) image of Egypt (centre) and the Sinai Peninsula (bottom right) at night. The Mediterranean Sea is across top

Sunset from Earth orbit, seen from the International Space Station (ISS)

Hurricane Emily, ISS image
Hurricane Emily. International Space Station (ISS) image of Hurricane Emily (eye at lower centre) passing over the southern Gulf of Mexico on 16 July 2005

International Space Station, 2011

ISS solar array. Airglow above the Earths horizon seen behind an array of solar panels on the International Space Station. Image taken by an Expedition 17 crewmember on 4th August 2008

Noctilucent clouds, ISS image
Noctilucent clouds. International Space Station (ISS) image of the limb of the Earth, showing noctilucent clouds (polar mesospheric clouds, across top) in the upper atmosphere

Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in Earth orbit. Image taken from space shuttle Atlantis during mission STS-125, the fifth and final servicing mission to the HST

Pacific Ocean from space, ISS image. This image was taken from the International Space Station (ISS) as it orbited some 378 kilometres above the Earth

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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Astronaut Photography: Capturing the Beauty and Wonder of Earth from Space" Witnessing a breathtaking moment in history, Apollo 8 astronauts capture the iconic 'Earthrise over Moon' image, forever changing our perspective on our home planet. From thousands of miles above, UK shines brightly at night as seen through the lens of an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS), showcasing the mesmerizing glow of urban lights. In 2008, a stunning photograph taken from the ISS reveals its majestic presence against the backdrop of Earth's vastness – a testament to human ingenuity and collaboration. Pioneering space explorer Alexei Leonov takes humanity's first daring steps outside his spacecraft during a historic spacewalk in 1965, capturing an awe-inspiring view that transcends boundaries. The powerful Hurricane Epsilon swirls ominously below as viewed from the ISS - a reminder of nature's might and resilience witnessed by those who venture beyond our atmosphere. Dancing curtains of vibrant colors paint across Earth's sky as captured by astronauts aboard the ISS, offering us glimpses into one of nature's most enchanting spectacles – auroras. In 1984, an astronaut donning a manned maneuvering unit embarks on an extraordinary spacewalk, capturing both bravery and beauty in this remarkable photograph. Italy sparkles like scattered jewels against darkness when observed from space; an ethereal sight that showcases human civilization blending harmoniously with natural landscapes. The International Space Station floats gracefully amidst infinite cosmic expanse in 2010 - symbolizing unity among nations while serving as humanity’s gateway to exploration beyond our world. Aerial artistry unfolds before our eyes as we witness NASA’s captivating image revealing The Great Lakes' immense beauty and their vital role within Earth’s delicate ecosystem.