Space Research Activities

Astronauts performing technical tasks in the International Space Station, focusing on biological and scientific research.

ISS032-E-010075 (22 July 2012) --- Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka (background), Expedition 32 commander; and Yuri Malenchenko, flight engineer, use still cameras at windows in the International Space Stations Zvezda Service Module during undocking activities of the unpiloted Progress 47 resupply spacecraft. The Progress temporarily undocked from the stations Pirs Docking Compartment on July 22, 2012 in order to perform a series of engineering tests during re-docking designed to verify an upgraded automated rendezvous system that will facilitate future dockings of Russian vehicles to the space station. Progress 47 separated from the station to a distance of about 100 miles and held position for 24 hours.

iss053e027113 (9/18/2017) --- NASA astronaut Joe Acaba during the Zero Boil-Off Tank Hardware Setup in the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG). Zero Boil-Off Tank (ZBOT) uses an experimental fluid to test active heat removal and forced jet mixing as alternative means for controlling tank pressure for volatile fluids. Results from the investigation improve models used to design tanks for long-term cryogenic liquid storage, which are essential in biotechnology, medicine, industrial, and many other applications on Earth.

ISS040-E-074877 (24 July 2014) --- NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Expedition 40 flight engineer, works with a computer in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS038-E-008033 (25 Nov. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, Expedition 38 flight engineer, works with Biolab hardware in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station. Biolab is used to perform space biology experiments on microorganisms, cells, tissue cultures, plants and small invertebrates.

ISS022-E-043882 (28 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, Expedition 22 commander, performs in-flight maintenance (IFM) on the Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS011-E-13009 (14 September 2005) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, works with the European Space Agency (ESA) Matroshka radiation experiment in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Matroshka, a human-torso-like device, was retrieved from the exterior of the station during an August spacewalk, for return to Earth. The experiment is designed to better understand the exposure of astronauts, including those making spacewalks, to radiation.

ISS025-E-009308 (26 Oct. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, Expedition 25 flight engineer, works on the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) Multi-user Drop Combustion Apparatus (MDCA) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. Kelly set up an experiment run on the Fluids & Combustion Facility (FCF) with a new fuel reservoir, ground-assisted by Payload Operations Integration Center/Huntsville (POIC).

ISS030-E-155938 (20 Jan. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, sets up the Integrated Cardiovascular (ICV) Resting Echo Scan at the Human Research Facility (HRF) rack in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS032-E-010075 (22 July 2012) --- Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka (background), Expedition 32 commander; and Yuri Malenchenko, flight engineer, use still cameras at windows in the International Space Stations Zvezda Service Module during undocking activities of the unpiloted Progress 47 resupply spacecraft. The Progress temporarily undocked from the stations Pirs Docking Compartment on July 22, 2012 in order to perform a series of engineering tests during re-docking designed to verify an upgraded automated rendezvous system that will facilitate future dockings of Russian vehicles to the space station. Progress 47 separated from the station to a distance of about 100 miles and held position for 24 hours.

ISS006-E-11003 (24 December 2002) --- Astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox, Expedition Six mission commander, works in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS).

STS066-14-021 (3-14 Nov 1994) --- On the Space Shuttle Atlantis' mid-deck, astronaut Curtis L. Brown, Jr., pilot, works with the Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS), which is making its eleventh Shuttle flight. This system supports the Protein Crystal Growth (PCG) experiments onboard by collecting and recording data characterizing the microgravity environment in the Shuttle mid-deck. Brown joined four other NASA astronauts and a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut for 11-days aboard Atlantis in support of the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-3) mission.

iss054e023776 (Jan. 26, 2018) --- NASA astronaut Joe Acaba removing an Experiment Container (EC) on the European Modular Cultivation System (EMCS) for the the first run of the Plant Gravity Perception experiment to test the gravity-sensing ability of plants in microgravity.

ISS030-E-267685 (22 April 2012) --- Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko (foreground) and Anatoly Ivanishin, both Expedition 30 flight engineers, monitor data in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station during approach and docking operations of the unpiloted ISS Progress 47 resupply vehicle. Progress 47 docked automatically to the Pirs Docking Compartment via the Kurs automated rendezvous system at 10:39 a.m. (EDT) on April 22, 2012.

ISS039-E-011886 (14 April 2014) --- In the Quest airlock of the International Space Station, Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA works on one of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits to be used on an upcoming spacewalk on which Swanson and crewmate Rick Mastracchio of NASA will participate.

ISS027-E-022522 (5 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 27 flight engineer, services the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) Multi-user Drop Combustion Apparatus (MDCA) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS030-E-047174 (23 Jan. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, works with the Major Constituent Analyzer Mass Spectrometer Assembly (MCA MSA) of the Atmosphere Revitalization system in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 66 Flight Engineer Raja Chari sequences DNA from bacteria samples using the BioMole Facility to understand the microbial environment on the International Space Station.

iss053e039947 (9/22/2017) --- NASA astronaut Mark T. Vande Hei is shown with the Advanced Nano Step Cartridge in the Solution Crystallization Observation Facility (SCOF) during installation. The Effects of Impurities on Perfection of Protein Crystals, Partition Functions, and Growth Mechanisms (Advanced Nano Step) experiment monitors and records how the incorporation of specific impurity molecules affect the development and quality of protein crystals, as they grow in a quartz cell aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS038-E-015225 (11 Dec. 2013) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer, floats freely while holding a video camera in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 66 Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei conducts operations for the Plant Habitat-5 space agriculture experiment that is studying cotton genetics.

S127-E-008058 (23 July 2009) --- Astronaut Tim Kopra, Expedition 20 flight engineer, on Endeavour's middeck during flight day nine for the STS-127 crew.

ISS019-E-010149 (18 April 2009) --- Astronaut Michael Barratt, Expedition 19/20 flight engineer, sets up equipment for the Bodies in the Space Environment (BISE) experiment in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. The Canadian Space Agency-sponsored BISE experiment studies how astronauts perceive up and down in microgravity.

ISS033-E-016145 (26 Oct. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, Expedition 33 flight engineer, works in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS040-E-139616 (10 Sept. 2014) --- NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Expedition 40 flight engineer, works with Capillary Channel Flow (CCF) experiment hardware in the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. CCF is a versatile experiment for studying a critical variety of inertial-capillary dominated flows key to spacecraft systems that cannot be studied on the ground.

ISS038-E-010383 (29 Nov. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Expedition 38 commander, monitors data at the manual TORU docking system controls in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station during approach and docking operations of the unpiloted ISS Progress 53 resupply vehicle.

S127-E-008623 (25 July 2009) --- Flight day 11 activities for the joint shuttle-station crews included the traditional autographing of the station. Astronaut Mike Barratt, Expedition 20 flight engineer, has the pen in this frame.

iss053e105434 (10/17/2017) --- NASA astronaut Mark Van de Hai attaches part of a science experiment aboard the International Space Station during Expedition 53.

ISS034-E-023786 (7 Jan. 2013) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield, Expedition 34 flight engineer, prepares to insert biological samples in the Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI-1) in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, flight engineer, is visible near Hadfield.

ISS036-E-021072 (17 July 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer, installs Life Support Modules (LSMs) 1 and 2 on the Biolab in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS030-E-050933 (27 Jan. 2012) --- Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov (left) and Oleg Kononenko (partially obscured), both Expedition 30 flight engineers, monitor data at the manual TORU docking system controls in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station during approach and docking operations of the unpiloted ISS Progress 46 resupply vehicle. Progress 46 docked automatically to the Pirs Docking Compartment via the Kurs automated rendezvous system at 7:00 p.m. (EST) on Jan. 27, 2012. NASA astronaut Dan Burbank (partially out of frame at right), commander, looks on.

ISS035-E-013790 (2 April 2013) --- In the U.S. lab Destiny on the International Space Station, Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield (background) and Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn remove the Video Baseband Signal Processor (VBSP) in order to replace it with a new Ku communication unit and its associated data and Ethernet cabling.

ISS040-E-083576 (30 July 2014) --- European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer, performs two tests with a combustion experiment known as the Burning and Suppression of Solids (BASS-II) in the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. The experiment seeks to provide insight on how flames burn in space compared to Earth which may provide fire safety benefits aboard future spacecraft.

iss052e002352 (6/12/2017) --- A view of NASA astronaut Jack Fischer replacing the European Modular Cultivation System (EMCS) Experiment Containers (ECs) with new ECs prepared for the Seedling Growth 3 experiment. Seedling Growth-3 is the third part of the Seedling Growth Experiment series, using the plant Arabidopsis thaliana to investigate the effects of gravity on the cellular signaling mechanisms of light sensing in plants (phototropism), and to investigate cell growth and proliferation responses to light stimulation under microgravity conditions.

STS095-E-5107 (2 Nov. 1998) --- Astronaut Steven W. Lindsey, STS-95 pilot, sets up a camera for an experiment in the Spacehab facility aboard Discovery during Flight Day 4 activity. The photo was taken with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 05:10:25 GMT, Nov. 2.

ISS038-E-002151 (18 Nov. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy, Expedition 38 flight engineer, works in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS029-E-043447 (19 Nov. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 29 flight engineer, works with the Urine Processor Assembly (UPA) in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station.

S130-E-007408 (11 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut George Zamka, STS-130 commander, works in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.

ISS013-E-66738 (16 Aug. 2006) --- Astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams, Expedition 13 NASA space station science officer and flight engineer, works at the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) or Canadarm2 workstation in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS038-E-066830 (8 March 2014) --- Expedition 38 Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) aims a camera equipped with a 400mm lens through a window in the Zvezda service module aboard the International Space Station. Kotov, along with Flight Engineers Mike Hopkins of NASA (pictured) and cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy are scheduled to return to Earth in a couple of days.

ISS029-E-017474 (5 Oct. 2011) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 29 flight engineer, prepares to use the Space Linear Acceleration Mass Measurement Device (SLAMMD) in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 66 Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei sets up components for the MVP-Plant-01 space botany study and nourishes Arabidopsis plants grown on petri plates. That investigation is exploring how plant molecular mechanisms and regulatory networks adapt to the weightless environment of space.

ISS038-E-027223 (9 Jan. 2014) --- NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, Expedition 38 flight engineer, works at the Fluid Science Laboratory (FSL) in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS037-E-013951 (14 Oct. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 37 flight engineer, works at the Light Microscopy Module (LMM) in the Fluids Integrated Rack / Fluids Combustion Facility (FIR/FCF) located in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS020-E-016101 (1 July 2009) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, Expedition 20 flight engineer, works with hardware in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS034-E-009700 (23 Dec. 2012) --- Newly arrived Expedition 34 Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn, NASA astronaut, uses the Body Mass Measurement Device in the Zvezda service module aboard the International Space Station on Dec. 23, 2012. Marshburn, along with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, arrived at the orbital outpost on Dec. 21 to join three other crewmen already onboard.

ISS040-E-139612 (10 Sept. 2014) --- NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Expedition 40 flight engineer, works with Capillary Channel Flow (CCF) experiment hardware in the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. CCF is a versatile experiment for studying a critical variety of inertial-capillary dominated flows key to spacecraft systems that cannot be studied on the ground.

. iss068e076277 (March 24, 2023) - UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi works on orbital plumbing tasks aboard the International Space Station's Tranquility module, where the bathroom, or Waste and Hygiene Compartment, is located.

ISS020-E-008925 (14 June 2009) --- Cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, Expedition 20 flight engineer, works in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

S127-E-008642 (25 July 2009) --- Flight day 11 activities for the joint shuttle-station crews included the traditional autographing of the station. European Space Agency astronaut Frank DeWinne, Expedition 20 flight engineer, has the pen in this frame.

ISS026-E-023815 (29 Jan. 2011) --- European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, Expedition 26 flight engineer, uses a computer in the Harmony node of the International Space Station.

ISS038-E-010377 (29 Nov. 2013) --- Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov (foreground), Expedition 38 commander; and Sergey Ryazanskiy, flight engineer, monitor data at the manual TORU docking system controls in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station during approach and docking operations of the unpiloted ISS Progress 53 resupply vehicle.

Expedition 67 Flight Engineers (from bottom) Bob Hines and Kjell Lindgren, both NASA astronauts, replace components on the advanced resistive exercise device (ARED) located inside the International Space Station's Tranquility module. The ARED mimics the inertial forces generated when lifting free weights on Earth allowing astronauts to maintain muscle strength and mass during long-term space missions.

ISS014-E-10639 (29 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer, performs the European Modular Cultivation System (EMSC) -- Experiment Container (EC) replacement in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS021-E-016912 (30 Oct. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, Expedition 21 flight engineer, works with the waste and hygiene compartment in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

JSC2012-E-106508 (20 July 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Evgeny Tarelkin, Expedition 33/34 flight engineer, uses a computer during a routine operations training session in an International Space Station mock-up/trainer in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

ISS007-E-15487 (26 September 2003) --- Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, looks over procedures checklists in a Soyuz spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS011-E-07709 (2 June 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, works with the Miscible Fluids in Microgravity (MFMG) payload activities in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS). At the work table, Phillips slowly injected tinted water into honey, as part of a thermal experiment.

ISS020-E-010017 (15 June 2009) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 20 flight engineer, works with the General Laboratory Active Cryogenic ISS Experiment Refrigerator (GLACIER) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS021-E-023158 (8 Nov. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 21 commander, works with Microgravity Science Laboratory (MSL) hardware in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

iss059e061522 (May 14, 2019) --- NASA astronaut Nick Hague conducts research operations in the U.S. Destiny laboratory module's Microgravity Sciences Glovebox. Hague is exploring why pathogens become more virulent in the weightless environment of outer space posing a flight risk to astronauts.

ISS037-E-026918 (4 Nov. 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 37 flight engineer, works with the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) Multi-user Drop Combustion Apparatus (MDCA) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS037-E-028590 (10 Nov. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 37/38 flight engineer, enters data into a computer near the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS021-E-031956 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Jeffrey Williams, Expedition 21 flight engineer, works on an experiment at the Saibo biological experiment rack in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station while space shuttle Atlantis (STS-129) remains docked with the station.

ISS029-E-036777 (31 Oct. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 29 commander, conducts a ham radio session in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station with students at the Kantonsschule in Zug, Switzerland.

iss064e023901 (Jan. 19, 2021) --- JAXA astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi works to install the Solid Combustion Experiment Module inside the Kibo laboratory module's Multipurpose Small Payload Rack.

ISS019-E-008758 (21 April 2009) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 19/20 flight engineer, performs in-flight maintenance on the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

S130-E-010434 (18 Feb. 2010) --- NASA astronaut George Zamka, STS-130 commander, places the STS-130 insignia in the newly-installed Tranquility node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station.

ISS012-E-18278 (14 Feb. 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, works with a portion of the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) during in-flight maintenance (IFM) in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

STS003-23-178 (22-30 March 1982) --- Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton, STS-3 pilot, examines Student Experiment 81-8 (SE-81-8) Insect Flight Motion Study taped to the airlock on aft middeck. Todd Nelson, a high school senior from Minnesota, won a national contest to fly his experiment on this particular flight. Moths, flies, and bees were studied in the near weightless environment.

STS98-E-5028 (9 February 2001) --- Astronaut Kenneth D. Cockrell, STS-98 mission commander, looks at displays (out of frame) on the forward flight deck as he stands behind the pilot's station on the Space Shuttle Atlantis.The crew was preparing for its rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station (ISS). The scene was recorded with a digital still camera.

Astronaut Scott Kelly initiated VEG-01 B, the second crop of lettuce, on July, 8, 2015, and both Kelly and Astronaut Kjell Lindgren cared for the plants. The crop grew for 33 days. VEG-01 B included one set of six plant pillows planted with red romaine lettuce seeds. On Aug. 10, 2015, the crew harvested and consumed leaves from each plant. This was the first crop grown and consumed in NASA hardware. They harvested the rest of the plant tissue and froze it in the stations Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) for return to Earth for further study including microbial analysis, antioxidant capacity, mineral analysis and anthocyanin concentration.

ISS040-E-123238 (3 Sept. 2014) --- European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, Expedition 40 flight engineer, prepares for a session of the Energy Requirements for Long-Term Spaceflight (ENERGY) experiment in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS015-E-13648 (25 June 2007) --- Astronaut Clayton Anderson, Expedition 15 flight engineer, works with test samples in the Human Research Facility 2 (HRF-2) Refrigerated Centrifuge as a part of the Nutritional Status Assessment (Nutrition) experiment in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. The results of the Nutrition experiment will be used to better understand the time course effects of space flight on human physiology.

ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Matthias Maurer performs maintenance on combustion research hardware aboard the International Space Station.

STS111-E-5023 (7 June 2002) --- Astronaut Daniel W. Bursch (left), who has been aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for the past six months, wastes little time in going to work on board the Space Shuttle Endeavour following linkup of the shuttle and station on June 7, 2002. Bursch, who will return home aboard Endeavour in a few days, shares a task with astronaut Franklin R. Chang-Diaz at the Biomass Production System (BPS) on Endeavour's mid deck.

iss059e061135 (May 13, 2019) --- NASA astronaut Nick Hague conducts research operations in the U.S. Destiny laboratory module's Microgravity Sciences Glovebox. Hague is exploring why pathogens become more virulent in the weightless environment of outer space posing a flight risk to astronauts.

ISS019-E-009824 (23 April 2009) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 19/20 flight engineer, performs in-flight maintenance on the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

NASA astronauts and Expedition 67 Flight Engineers Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins perform maintenance inside the Tranquility module's Waste and Recycyling System abaord the International Space Station.

iss062e123483 (April 5, 2020) --- NASA astronauts and Expedition 62 Flight Engineers Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir collect frozen research samples for loading into the SpaceX Dragon resupply ship. Dragon returned to Earth the following day, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean packed with over 4,000 pounds of science experiments and station hardware for analysis.

iss056e161212 (Sept. 6, 2018) --- Astronauts Drew Feustel and Serena Auñón-Chancellor train on a computer in the U.S. Destiny laboratory practicing rendezvous procedures and robotics maneuvers ahead of the arrival of Japan's HTV-7 resupply ship. In the background, astronaut Ricky Arnold works on the Rodent Research Habitat feeding mice and cleaning cameras.

ISS043e000724 (03/13/2015) --- ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, Expedition 43 flight engineer works daily on science and maintenance duties on board the International Space Station. She is inspecting the Minus Eighty-degree Laboratory Freezer called by the shorter title "MELFI-3 Cold Box inspection". Astronauts are trained for long periods at the Johnson Space Center and in Russia before their missions in space begin so that they are fully trained for these complex duties.

ISS017-E-012105 (1 Aug. 2008) --- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, Expedition 17 flight engineer, works with the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

iss052e014201 (7/11/2017) --- NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson uses a microscope to view Magnetic 3D Biocells. This investigation uses magnetized cells and tools to make it easier to handle cells and cultures and to improve the reproducibility of experiments.

ISS012-E-20020 (9 March 2006) --- Astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Expedition 12 commander and NASA space station science officer, works with a portion of the Resistive Exercise Device (RED) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. In this view, McArthur replaced RED flex packs, which are external splines and spacers that were approaching the end of their certified life.

S126-E-007818 (16 Nov. 2008) --- Astronauts Donald Pettit (foreground), STS-126 mission specialist, and Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, work the controls of the station's robotic Canadarm2 in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Endeavour is docked with the station.

Date: 03-13-12Location: Bldg 9NW, ISS AirlockSubject: Expedition 32 (Soyuz 31) crew members Aki Hoshide, Sunita Williams and Joe Acaba during ISS EVA planning and preparation

ISS002-E-7599 (16 May 2001) --- James S. Voss, Expedition Two flight engineer, communicates with Mission Control as he works on a laptop computer in Unity Node 1. The image was taken with a digital still camera.

iss052e000508 (June 6, 2017) --- View of astronaut Jack Fischer working with the Neutron Crystallographic Studies of Human Acetylcholinesterase for the Design of Accelerated Reactivators (CASIS PCG 6) experiment in the Japanese Experiment Module

ISS022-E-018783 (4 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer, Expedition 22 flight engineer, works with the Japanese Experiment Module Remote Manipulator System (JEMRMS) Small Fine Arm (SFA) in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station.

S123-E-007788 (19 March 2008) --- Astronaut Robert L. Behnken, STS-123 mission specialist, uses a computer on the middeck of Space Shuttle Endeavour while docked with the International Space Station.

iss060e032989 (Aug. 9, 2019) --- Expedition 60 Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency configures and installs hardware in the Fluid Science Laboratory to continue ongoing fluid physics research in microgravity.

ISS030-E-075409 (15 Feb. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Expedition 30 flight engineer, and Robonaut 2 are pictured in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS014-E-09422 (8 Dec. 2006) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Reiter, Expedition 14 flight engineer, conducts a Surface, Water and Air Biocharacterization (SWAB) air sampling in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

S126-E-007221 (16 Nov. 2008) --- Astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-126 commander, occupies the commander's station on the forward flight deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour during rendezvous and docking operations with the International Space Station.

. iss068e040003 (Jan. 11, 2023) - Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin configures optical hardware inside the International Space Station's Zvezda service module.

iss053e156160 (Nov. 9, 2017) --- Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik is at the controls of the robotics workstation in the Destiny laboratory module training for the approach, rendezvous and grapple of the Orbital ATK Cygnus resupply ship. He and Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli were in the cupola operating the Canadarm2 robotic arm to grapple Cygnus when it arrived Nov. 14, 2017, delivering nearly 7,400 pounds of crew supplies, science experiments, computer gear, vehicle equipment and spacewalk hardware.

ISS041-E-042459 (30 Sept. 2014) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev, Expedition 41 flight engineer, works with test samples in a glovebox in the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) of the International Space Station.

ISS022-E-094374 (15 March 2010) --- NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, Expedition 22 commander, conducts a Surface, Water and Air Biocharacterization (SWAB) water sampling from the Potable Water Dispenser (PWD) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. SWAB uses advanced molecular techniques to comprehensively evaluate microbes onboard the space station, including pathogens (organisms that may cause disease). This study will allow an assessment of the risk of microbes to the crew and the spacecraft.

ISS016-E-033436 (23 March 2008) --- Astronaut Garrett Reisman, Expedition 16 flight engineer, works on the completion of the installation of the EXPRESS 3 rack in the Columbus module following its transfer from Destiny.

S131-E-008423 (9 April 2010) --- After many months of training in simulators, NASA astronaut Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, STS-131 mission specialist, gets to put her skills to work at the controls for the shuttle Remote Manipulator System on Discovery's aft flight deck during her crew's flight day five activities. Her work is being shared with six Discovery crewmates as well as the six cosmonauts and astronauts currently assigned to the International Space Station.

iss064e024167 (Jan. 19, 2021) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Sergey Kud-Sverchkov reviews emergency escape procedures on a computer in the unlikely event the crew would have to evacuate the station and quickly undock inside their Soyuz crew ship.

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