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2003 Archive

 

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June 13: Hebesphenomegacorona - The crew of the International Space Station have photographed a rare hebesphenomegacorona inside the Destiny Lab module.
June 12: Aurora Australis - a new movie of Southern Lights from the ISS
June 06: A Moon Illusion - What's that moon doing inside Earth's atmosphere?
June 03: The Valley of the Kings: Part 2 - When the sun sets over the Great Bend in the Nile, the riverside glows.
June 02: The Valley of the Kings: Part 1 - a daytime shot of the Nile's Great Bend reveals the Valley of the Kings

May 29: Technology is Beautiful - Nuts. Bolts. Wires. Insulation. Who says technology isn't beautiful?
May 28: Gone to Seed - Peas onboard the ISS have gone to seed.
May 23: Eruption - Tiny Anatahan Island is blanketed in ash.
May 21: Double Iridium Flare - Two iridium flares, star trails, and auroras.
May 20: Red Sea Reefs - The ISS is a good place to study coral reefs and the problems they face.
May 19: Space Station Lunar Eclipse - Lots of people on Earth took pictures of last week's total lunar eclipse. Only one did it from Earth orbit: ISS science officer
May 13: Space Station Star Trails - Star trails and red auroras together!
May 08: Welcome Home - Ken Bowersox and Don Pettit have had some unusual experiences in recent days--including this unusually lovely welcome home.
May 07: Arrival - On April 28th this spaceship approached the International Space Station ... and docked.
May 06: Mercury - ISS sky watchers see Mercury from a unique point of view.
May 02: Homeward Bound - ISS Expedition 6 going homel
May 01: Rolling Boil - Boiling water in orbit can look surprisingly familiar.

April 30: Hang Ten - Ken Bowersox's feet hanging out in space.
April 29: Comfort Stars - It's nice to look out of the space station and see the familiar Big Dipper.
April 28: Space Station Moon Movie - Squashed Moon -- the movie.
April 24: Green Generations - Peas around our planet.
April 23: Astronaut Humor - Speed limit sign on ISS.
April 21: The Physics of Space Gardens - A tiny bubble of air hangs suspended inside a droplet of water.
April 18: Reboost - Progress reboosting ISS with golden flames.
April 17: One of a Kind - Science officer Pettit with his Barndoor Tracker.
April 16: Squashed Moon - The Moon squashed by the atmosphere.
April 15: Space Station Bubble Blowing - Blowing up water.
April 14: Canadarm and the Seven Sisters - The Canadian-built robot arm on ISS with the Pleiades.
April 11: Mystery Meteors - An unusual image of space commas.
April 10: Barndoor Tracker - Imaging Earth with a Barndoor tracker.
April 09: Aurora Blues - Flying through a blue aurora.
April 08: ISS Space Walk - Suiting up for a space walk.
April 07: High Tea - The physics of tea in zero-g.
April 04: Samples of the Future - Materials samples exposed to space on ISS.
April 03: Orion's Hazy Feet - The constellation Orion with it's feet in our atmosphere.
April 02: Asteroid Vesta - A picture of asteroid Vesta, 200 million kilometers from Earth.
April 01: Space Bubbles - Spinning Space Bubbles

March 31: Southern Skies - Southern stars above the atmosphere.
March 28: Iridium Flare - Pettit catches an Iridium satellite flare.



Credits & Contacts
Author: Dr. Tony Phillips
Responsible NASA official: John M. Horack
Production Editor: Dr. Tony Phillips
Curator: Bryan Walls
Media Relations: Catherine Watson