2022 BEST SPACE STATION SCIENCE PICTURES
UNDERSTANDING MICROGRAVITY MOVEMENTS
NASA astronaut Bob Hines helps researchers better understand gravity’s role in the control of reach-to-grasp movement.
GROWING WITHOUT SOIL
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins tests hydroponic and aeroponic plant growth techniques for the XROOTS investigation.
PARTY OF SIX
Expedition 68 crew members gather in the Destiny module, the U.S. research laboratory.
SPACE DEBRIS REMOVAL
Astrobee ROAM uses robots to observe and understand how targets tumble and to plan ways to safely reach them.
SENDING SAMPLES HOME
ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti packs cargo inside the 25th SpaceX Dragon resupply ship.
EXPANDING PLANT GROWTH CAPABILITIES
NASA astronaut Kayla Barron checks plants inside the Veggie plant research facility for the Veggie PONDS experiment.
IN SPACE FOR EARTH
NASA astronauts Thomas Marshburn and Mark Vande Hei gaze out the cupola windows at Earth below.
CALLS TO SEVEN CONTINENTS
In 2022 NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren made ham radio contacts with people on all seven continents, including the first to Antarctica.
LET THE FLUIDS FLOW
The FLUIDICS investigation could help improve satellite fuel systems and our understanding of how Earth’s oceans work.
SPACE ARCHAEOLOGY
NASA astronaut Thomas Marshburn poses with a ruler and color chart for the SQuARES study of how crew members use objects and spaces on station.
CUBESATS START THEIR JOURNEY
A trio of CubeSats designed for education and research programs are deployed from the space station.
UNLOCKING THE COTTON GENOME
NASA astronaut Raja Chari performs the final harvest of cotton cell cultures for the Plant Habitat-05 investigation.
POWER UP
NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio install a roll-out solar array (iROSA) to the space station’s starboard truss structure.
ALL ABOUT THE BONES
Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) installs the Osteogenic Cells experiment.
A DECADES-LONG ERUPTION
A sequence of astronaut photos of Carrizozo Malpais, a long strip of basalt in the New Mexico desert created by a decades-long eruption.
CONVERTING PLANT WASTE INTO FOOD
Bioreactor technology is demonstrated for converting inedible plant materials into high-protein, edible fungal biomats.
IGNITING SCIENCE
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins services components for the Solid Fuel Ignition and Extinction (SOFIE) fire safety experiment.
BOILING HOT
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei installs FBCE hardware examining a heat management system model based on boiling processes.
SPACE CONSTRUCTION
ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer studies how concrete hardens without gravity-driven convection.
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