Green aurora can be seen dancing in Earth 's upper atmosphere as the zodiacal light fades, shimmering between the profiles of the space station's solar panels as they rotate to track the sun. The bright stars of the constellations Pegasus, Andromeda and Ares also rotate into view as the station continues its lap of Earth.

Yui is part of Crew-11, which will depart the ISS ahead of schedule due to one of the astronauts experiencing a "medical concern," according to NASA. The departure will bring the joint NASA and SpaceX mission to an early end.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has shared a striking video of an aurora that he captured from the International Space Station (ISS) during his most recent mission. Auroras are natural light displays in Earth’s sky, caused by charged particles from the solar ...