The International Space Station is photographed by the crew of the Crew-2 mission during a fly-around of the lab in November of 2021. The image is from NASA.
We haven't seen photos like this in a decade.
The crew of the Crew Dragon capsule left the space station on November 8 after a 6.5-month stay. Since NASA's space shuttle fleet retired in 2011, a complete, 360-degree fly-around of the International Space Station has not been performed by a crewed vehicle.
The fly-around helped test the navigation sensors. The Crew-2 astronauts took photos during the maneuver, which allowed the managers to see some of the station that are usually out of view.
There are photos of the Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station.
There are some good videos for you. It was created with a sketch.
The Crew-2 flew around on Nov. 8, 2021. The image is from NASA.
NASA recently posted some of the fly-around images online, so the rest of us can now see them as well.
The pictures of the $100 billion lab tend to be stunning. Some show the station against a black background while others show it above the ground. In one image, the void and Earth are connected.
Since NASA's space shuttle fleet retired in 2011, the first crewed, complete fly-around of the International Space Station has been performed by the Crew-2 mission. The image is from NASA.
Crew-2 was the second mission that was flown by the company. The crew members were NASA astronauts, Megan McArthur, Akihiko Hoshide, and Thomas Pesquet. The group splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico on November 8 after reaching the station on April 24.
NASA's Thomas Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron were sent to the International Space Station by the crew of Crew 3. The mission is expected to last about six months.
The first complete, crewed fly-around of the International Space Station was performed by the shuttle Endeavour, but other satellites have also given us views of the space station from afar.
In late September, Russian astronauts and NASA astronauts moved a Russian Soyuz capsule from one port to another to make room for a second Russian Soyuz. Some of the photos they took during the partial fly-around were shared by Novitsky.
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