The International Space Station has had a lot of activity this year.
The International Space Station has welcomed new astronauts and bid farewell to others, conducted 12 spacewalks, dodged hazardous debris, and experienced a serious leak.
The inhabitants of the outpost spend most of their time working on science experiments in microgravity.
NASA shared a video showing some of the science research that has been done on the International Space Station over the last year.
The photos show one of the astronauts who arrived at the station in November 2021. She is checking plants growing inside the station's Veggie research facility for an experiment designed to improve water and nutrition for plants grown in space. Work like this will benefit long-duration crewed missions to Mars and beyond, allowing astronauts themselves to take care of some of their food needs by growing it on their spaceship.
The image of the FLUIDICS investigation that NASA says could help to improve satellite fuel systems while at the same time enhancing our understanding of how Earth's oceans work is included.
Evidence of a decades-long eruption can be seen in the image of a site in New Mexico. The station's Cupola is a seven window module that offers stunning views of our planet.
NASA said in comments accompanying the video that they supported hundreds of scientific investigations and technology demonstrations by carrying crew from around the world to and from the space station. The lab's legacy of science and discovery was expanded by studying fluid dynamics in space.
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