{"id":110529,"date":"2025-08-01T15:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/110529\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T15:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:02:12","slug":"out-of-this-world-cosmic-shots-from-the-international-space-station-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/110529\/","title":{"rendered":"Out-of-this-world cosmic shots from the International Space Station: photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASA astronaut, Donald Pettit, has gained a distinguished reputation for his show-stopping photography from the International Space Station.<\/p>\n<p>Now safely returned to Earth, the spaceman has taken time to reveal more of his incredible pictures.<\/p>\n<p>Pettit has completed four spaceflights, accumulating a total of 590 days in space, making him one of NASA\u2019s most experienced astronauts.<\/p>\n<p>His last mission saw him spend 220 days on the station, before landing in Kazakhstan on April 20, which was also his 70th birthday.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36709505\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iss-now-safely-returned-earth-108963190.jpg\" alt=\"Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station during his 2024 mission.\" class=\"wp-image-36709505 unset-max-height\"  \/>Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station during his 2024 mission. NASA \/ SWNS<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.87011719;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"513\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/never-get-tired-seeing-new-108963191.jpg\" alt=\"NASA astronaut, Don Pettit, has gained a distinguished reputation for his show-stopping photography from the International Space Station.&#10;&#10;Now safely returned to Earth, the spaceman has taken time to reveal more of his incredible pictures.&#10;&#10;Pettit has completed four spaceflights, accumulating a total of 590 days in space, making him one of NASA\u2019s most experienced astronauts.&#10;&#10;His last mission saw him spend 220 days on the station, before landing in Kazakhstan on April 20, which was also his 70th birthday.\" class=\"wp-image-36709497\"  \/>Don Pettit: \u201cCosmic colors at sunrise; never get tired of seeing what the new day brings.\u201d Don Pettit \/ ISS \/ SWNS<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/high-resolution-star-trail-spacex-108963184.jpg\" alt=\"NASA astronaut, Don Pettit, has gained a distinguished reputation for his show-stopping photography from the International Space Station.&#10;&#10;Now safely returned to Earth, the spaceman has taken time to reveal more of his incredible pictures.&#10;&#10;Pettit has completed four spaceflights, accumulating a total of 590 days in space, making him one of NASA\u2019s most experienced astronauts.&#10;&#10;His last mission saw him spend 220 days on the station, before landing in Kazakhstan on April 20, which was also his 70th birthday.\" class=\"wp-image-36709504 unset-max-height\"  \/>Don Pettit: \u201cHigh resolution star trail from the SpaceX Crew 9 Dragon, marked by a fleet of flashing Starlink satellites, glowing atmosphere, soon to rise sun, and arcing stars.\u201d  Don Pettit \/ ISS \/ SWNS<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/orbit-star-trails-streak-lights-108963183.jpg\" alt=\"NASA astronaut, Don Pettit, has gained a distinguished reputation for his show-stopping photography from the International Space Station.&#10;&#10;Now safely returned to Earth, the spaceman has taken time to reveal more of his incredible pictures.&#10;&#10;Pettit has completed four spaceflights, accumulating a total of 590 days in space, making him one of NASA\u2019s most experienced astronauts.&#10;&#10;His last mission saw him spend 220 days on the station, before landing in Kazakhstan on April 20, which was also his 70th birthday.\" class=\"wp-image-36709499 unset-max-height\"  \/>Don Pettit: \u201cFrom orbit, star trails streak the lights of cities at night and stamp lightning flashes into the time history, pulling spectacular colors from the darkness of space.\u201d Don Pettit \/ ISS \/ SWNS<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/spacex-dragon-flies-stars-deep-108963174.jpg\" alt=\"NASA astronaut, Don Pettit, has gained a distinguished reputation for his show-stopping photography from the International Space Station.&#10;&#10;Now safely returned to Earth, the spaceman has taken time to reveal more of his incredible pictures.&#10;&#10;Pettit has completed four spaceflights, accumulating a total of 590 days in space, making him one of NASA\u2019s most experienced astronauts.&#10;&#10;His last mission saw him spend 220 days on the station, before landing in Kazakhstan on April 20, which was also his 70th birthday.\" class=\"wp-image-36709502 unset-max-height\"  \/>Don Pettit: \u201cSpaceX Dragon flies between the stars of deep space, and a sea of clouds lit by the red upper atmospheric airglow.\u201d Don Pettit \/ ISS \/ SWNS<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/city-lights-southeast-asia-beneath-108963170.jpg\" alt=\"NASA astronaut, Don Pettit, has gained a distinguished reputation for his show-stopping photography from the International Space Station.&#10;&#10;Now safely returned to Earth, the spaceman has taken time to reveal more of his incredible pictures.&#10;&#10;Pettit has completed four spaceflights, accumulating a total of 590 days in space, making him one of NASA\u2019s most experienced astronauts.&#10;&#10;His last mission saw him spend 220 days on the station, before landing in Kazakhstan on April 20, which was also his 70th birthday.\" class=\"wp-image-36709498 unset-max-height\"  \/>\u201cThe city lights of Southeast Asia beneath the Milky Way. Vibrant colors of LED cities, orange atmospheric airglow, and fishing fleets are blurred by my sidereal drive, while tracking stars as fixed points in space.\u201d Don Pettit \/ ISS \/ SWNS<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.66699219;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"394\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/auroras-andromeda-astronaut-shared-jaw-108963182.jpg\" alt=\"NASA astronaut, Don Pettit, has gained a distinguished reputation for his show-stopping photography from the International Space Station.&#10;&#10;Now safely returned to Earth, the spaceman has taken time to reveal more of his incredible pictures.&#10;&#10;Pettit has completed four spaceflights, accumulating a total of 590 days in space, making him one of NASA\u2019s most experienced astronauts.&#10;&#10;His last mission saw him spend 220 days on the station, before landing in Kazakhstan on April 20, which was also his 70th birthday.\" class=\"wp-image-36709496\"  \/>Don Pettit: \u201cAuroras above Andromeda.\u201d Don Pettit \/ ISS \/ SWNS<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/star-trail-iss-showing-sequential-108963165.jpg\" alt=\"NASA astronaut, Don Pettit, has gained a distinguished reputation for his show-stopping photography from the International Space Station.&#10;&#10;Now safely returned to Earth, the spaceman has taken time to reveal more of his incredible pictures.&#10;&#10;Pettit has completed four spaceflights, accumulating a total of 590 days in space, making him one of NASA\u2019s most experienced astronauts.&#10;&#10;His last mission saw him spend 220 days on the station, before landing in Kazakhstan on April 20, which was also his 70th birthday.\" class=\"wp-image-36709495 unset-max-height\"  \/>Don Pettit: \u201cStar trail from the ISS showing sequential lightning flashes on Earth below streaking stars in deep space.\u201d Don Pettit \/ ISS \/ SWNS<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iss-orbiting-sunlit-shores-greece-108963178.jpg\" alt=\"NASA astronaut, Don Pettit, has gained a distinguished reputation for his show-stopping photography from the International Space Station.&#10;&#10;Now safely returned to Earth, the spaceman has taken time to reveal more of his incredible pictures.&#10;&#10;Pettit has completed four spaceflights, accumulating a total of 590 days in space, making him one of NASA\u2019s most experienced astronauts.&#10;&#10;His last mission saw him spend 220 days on the station, before landing in Kazakhstan on April 20, which was also his 70th birthday.\" class=\"wp-image-36709501 unset-max-height\"  \/>Don Pettit: \u201cISS orbiting the sunlit shores of Greece, while Italy sinks into clouds below, and Turkey approaches on the horizon. 3 peninsulas with rich and ancient histories.\u201d Don Pettit \/ ISS \/ SWNS<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dragon-flying-among-stars-astronaut-108963177.jpg\" alt=\"NASA astronaut, Don Pettit, has gained a distinguished reputation for his show-stopping photography from the International Space Station.&#10;&#10;Now safely returned to Earth, the spaceman has taken time to reveal more of his incredible pictures.&#10;&#10;Pettit has completed four spaceflights, accumulating a total of 590 days in space, making him one of NASA\u2019s most experienced astronauts.&#10;&#10;His last mission saw him spend 220 days on the station, before landing in Kazakhstan on April 20, which was also his 70th birthday.\" class=\"wp-image-36709500 unset-max-height\"  \/>Don Pettit: \u201cDragon flying among the stars.\u201d Don Pettit \/ ISS \/ SWNS<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/color-earth-meets-blackness-deep-108963169.jpg\" alt=\"NASA astronaut, Don Pettit, has gained a distinguished reputation for his show-stopping photography from the International Space Station.&#10;&#10;Now safely returned to Earth, the spaceman has taken time to reveal more of his incredible pictures.&#10;&#10;Pettit has completed four spaceflights, accumulating a total of 590 days in space, making him one of NASA\u2019s most experienced astronauts.&#10;&#10;His last mission saw him spend 220 days on the station, before landing in Kazakhstan on April 20, which was also his 70th birthday.\" class=\"wp-image-36709503 unset-max-height\"  \/>Don Pettit: \u201cColor of Earth meets the blackness of deep space. Stars above green and red auroras, seen as fixed points due to my homemade orbital sidereal drive.\u201d Don Pettit \/ ISS \/ SWNS<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.66601563;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"393\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/depths-space-meets-depths-pacific-108963168.jpg\" alt=\"NASA astronaut, Don Pettit, has gained a distinguished reputation for his show-stopping photography from the International Space Station.&#10;&#10;Now safely returned to Earth, the spaceman has taken time to reveal more of his incredible pictures.&#10;&#10;Pettit has completed four spaceflights, accumulating a total of 590 days in space, making him one of NASA\u2019s most experienced astronauts.&#10;&#10;His last mission saw him spend 220 days on the station, before landing in Kazakhstan on April 20, which was also his 70th birthday.\" class=\"wp-image-36709493\"  \/>Don Pettit: \u201cDepths of space meets depths of the Pacific Ocean.\u201d Don Pettit\/ISS \/ SWNS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASA astronaut, Donald Pettit, has gained a distinguished reputation for his show-stopping photography from the International Space Station.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":110530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[31705,917,3057,916,3092,159,2527,4810,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-110529","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science","8":"tag-slideshow","9":"tag-earth","10":"tag-international-space-station","11":"tag-nasa","12":"tag-photography","13":"tag-science","14":"tag-spacex","15":"tag-stars","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114954118473876501","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}