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Star trails and city lights streak as the International Space Station orbits Earth
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Star trails and city lights streak as the International Space Station orbits Earth

iss074e0319988 (Feb. 19, 2026) --- Star trails and city lights streak by in this long-duration photograph—exposed for nearly nine-and-a-half minutes—taken from the International Space Station as it orbited 260 miles above the Middle East. In the upper foreground is JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) HTV-X1 cargo craft, berthed to the Harmony module’s Earth-facing port, with the Canadarm2 robotic arm attached to a portable data grapple fixture in front. At bottom right is a portion of the Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL cargo craft. Credit: NASA/Chris Williams

Date
2026-02-21
Collection
JSC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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