Earth Observation

ISS040-E-128019 (6 Sept. 2014) --- One of the crew members of the International Space Station exposed this image of some of the orbital complex's hardware as the station was flying over the southwest Pacific in the area of New Zealand. The NanoRacks Cubesat deployer, attached to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kibo robotic arm, can be seen in upper right. Soyuz 39 TMA-13M is on Rassvet at right. The Cupola, which supports many functions, including a base for thousands of automatic as well as hand-held cameras’ photos, is to the right of center.