Thursday Spacewalk Preps Continue, Crew Installs Advanced Earth Imaging GearThe International Space Station was soaring 262 miles above Earth when this long‑duration photograph was taken, revealing a bright atmospheric glow and a starry night sky. The orbital residents also installed advanced Earth observation hardware, continued space exercise research, and kept up lab maintenance. Hathaway worked out his upper and lower body on the E4D to test the gear for use on future space exploration missions. ClimCam will be robotically placed outside the space station to demonstrate small, intelligent camera systems that reduce reliance on ground-based image processing. Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.