Monday, May 26, 2014

Western Sahara taken from the International Space Station

Image Credit: NASA

On May 23, 2014, Expedition 40 Commander Steve Swanson posted this photograph -- taken from the International Space Station -- to Instagram

Swanson noted, “Western Sahara – the contrast between the sand and the water is spectacular from here.”

Swanson uploaded the first image from space to Instagram on April 7. 

Steve Swanson
He began posting imagery to the social media site during his pre-flight training.

The three Expedition 40 crew members aboard the International Space Station worked advanced science this week while awaiting a new trio, set to lift off on Wednesday, May 28.

Soyuz Commander and cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and European astronaut Alexander Gerst will launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft at 3:57 p.m. EDT (1:57 a.m. May 29 Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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