RIP the victims of Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
#SpaceShuttleColumbiaDisaster #Columbia
#NASA #Roscosmos

RIP the victims of Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
#Challenger #SpaceShuttleChallenger #NASA #SpaceX #Roscosmos

Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras, as seen #fromspace by Anatoly Ivanishin aboard the #ISS

La Ceiba, Honduras, as seen #fromspace by Anatoly Ivanishin aboard the #ISS

Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina, as seen #fromspace aboard the #ISS

Osaka and Kobe, third largest city of Japan, at night, as seen #fromspace aboard the #ISS; 20121210, 170917 GMT; 180-mm lens.

Shenyang, also known as Mukden, China, at night, as seen #fromspace aboard the #ISS; 20121210, 170606 GMT; 180-mm lens; capital of the province of Liaoning in northern China.

Mumbai, most populous city in India, at night, as seen #fromspace aboard the #ISS; 20121209, 224202 GMT; 180-mm lens.

Karachi, largest city of Pakistan, at night, as seen #fromspace aboard the #ISS; 20121209, 223954 GMT; 180-mm lens.

London, capital of Great Britain, at night, as seen #fromspace aboard the #ISS; 20121209, 200639 GMT; 180-mm lens.

Cairo, capital of Egpyt, at night, as seen #fromspace aboard the #ISS; 20121209, 005953 GMT; 180-mm lens.

Kolkata (Calcutta), India, at night, as seen #fromspace aboard the #ISS; 20121208, 215730 GMT; 180-mm lens.

Warsaw, capital of Poland, at night, as seen #fromspace aboard the #ISS; 20121208, 214145 GMT; 180-mm lens.

Berlin, capital of Germany, at night, as seen #fromspace aboard the #ISS; 20121208, 214030 GMT; 180-mm lens.

Charleroi, Belgium, to Cologne, Germany, at night, as seen #fromspace aboard the #ISS; 20121208, 213858 GMT; 180-mm lens. Major cities ltr: Charleroi, Namur, Liège, Aachen, Cologne. Reddish-orange lighting is Belgium, yellow is Germany.

Kiev, capital of Ukraine, at night, as seen #fromspace aboard the #ISS; 20121208, 200639 GMT; 180-mm lens.

Milan, Italy, at night, as seen #fromspace aboard the #ISS; 20121208, 200237 GMT; 180-mm lens.

Marseille, France, at night, as seen #fromspace aboard the #ISS; 20121208, 200140 GMT; 180-mm lens.

Barcelona and the Mediterranean coast, Spain, at night, as seen #fromspace aboard the #ISS; 20121208, 200057 GMT; 180-mm lens.

Madrid, capital of Spain, at night, as seen #fromspace aboard the #ISS; 20121208, 195948 GMT; 180-mm lens. An example what is done with such photos by scientists: http://bit.ly/U4YKJh

New Delhi, capital of India, at night, as seen #fromspace aboard the #ISS; 20121208, 134436 GMT; 180-mm lens.

Goodenough Island, Papua New Guinea, as seen #fromspace aboard the #ISS; 20121203, 213438 GMT; 180-mm lens.

Cloudscapes over the Pacific Ocean, as seen #fromspace aboard the #ISS; 20121203, 212833 GMT; 180-mm lens.

Ile Saint Paul, Kerguelen Islands, France, as seen #fromspace aboard the #ISS; 20121130, 120920 GMT; 400-mm lens. -38.713911,77.516041