Do you see how International Space Station deploys CubeSats? Very demure. Very mindful. These satellites look very cubes-y in the Earth’s orbit. Developed by educational, government, and private groups, CubeSats are designed to further science and technology across many disciplines.

It has been a busy week aboard the orbital outpost and Thursday was no exception with ongoing space research, systems maintenance, robotics activities, and an orbital reboost for the next crew mission. More... go.nasa.gov/3Z2kxco

Seeing is Believing 👁️💊   On this week’s #HWHAP, NASA nutrition scientists look at how a daily B vitamin supplement could help prevent vision changes in astronauts during long-duration space missions.  go.nasa.gov/3X38JEh

East of the Southern Alps lies a trio of lakes that run near-parallel to one another: Lakes Tekapo, Pukaki and Ohau. Images were taken by NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick as the space station orbited 265 miles above New Zealand. More of #EarthFromSpace: flic.kr/s/aHsmACYoYM

#Crew9 crew announcement: NASA Astronauts Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will launch no earlier than Sept. 24, on the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to International Space Station. Hague and Gorbunov will fly to the space station as commander and mission specialist,

NASA and Boeing teams are "go" to proceed with undocking the uncrewed #Starliner from the International Space Station on Friday, Sept. 6. Undocking coverage is set to begin at 5:45pm ET (2145 UTC), with Starliner touching down at 12:03am (0403 UTC) on Sept. 7. More: go.nasa.gov/3TayjWx

The crew wrapped up the week tending to a space greenhouse, swapping flame research hardware, and examining eyes with an ultrasound scanner. go.nasa.gov/4cI5rw1

This week on #SpaceToGround, NASA announces NASA Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will return home with #Crew9 next February, @Astro_Pettit nears his fourth trip to the station, and astronaut Jonny Kim is set to launch on his first mission to the orbiting lab in 2025.

Reds and greens from the aurora as well as city lights reflect off the service module solar arrays with the Milky Way core behind the space station. The solar arrays and service module are bathed in a light horizon blue from a sun about to rise behind the camera. Single image

A timelapse of solar arrays reflecting aurora and city lights as they align themselves for the impending sunrise. The solar array light reflections were so mind blowing that I stayed up till 1AM to shoot a few more sunrises. Luckily we get sunrises every 90 minutes. One of the

Ahead of Starliner’s return, NASA will host a pre-departure news conference at 12 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 4, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston: go.nasa.gov/3TayjWx

Space exercise and eye checks topped Tuesday's ISS Research schedule as the crew preps the Boeing Space #Starliner for its return to Earth this weekend. go.nasa.gov/4g8M95L

LIVE: We're discussing the upcoming return of the uncrewed #Starliner spacecraft, scheduled to touch down on Earth at about 12:03am ET (0403 UTC) on Saturday, Sept. 7. Tune in for the latest updates: plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-vide…

Research can be fun! On previous International Space Station missions, @Astro_Pettit tinkered in space leading to innovative discoveries and published breakthroughs. Scheduled to return in Sept 2024, view his past “just for fun” experiments: go.nasa.gov/3ThRn5s

On Wednesday, the crew explored ways to prevent space-caused fluid shifts to protect astronauts' eyes and packed a pair of spaceships for return to Earth. go.nasa.gov/4e5vWwZ

Astronauts collect microbial samples aboard International Space Station. They use specialized tools in orbit to readily identify the genetic makeup of these microbes. Researchers use the data to track and manage microbes aboard station. go.nasa.gov/4dSBNoK

The Boeing Space #Starliner is nearing its station departure set for 6:04 p.m. EDT on Friday. Meanwhile, the crew studied how space affects exercise, photosynthesis, and more on Thursday. go.nasa.gov/4efqtmT