On his way to the space station on Saturday, an astronaut captured a remarkable image of the orbital outpost that also includes Earth and the moon.
As rides to work go, traveling aboard a spaceship to a satellite orbiting 250 miles above Earth must be hard to beat.
European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen did just that on Saturday when he flew with three others on a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule from the Kennedy Space Station in Florida to the International Space Station (ISS) in l0w-Earth orbit.
On his way to the orbital outpost, he captured an extraordinary image showing Earth, the moon, and a tiny star-like sparkle that was in fact his destination — the space station.
The ISS appears as a bright white dot, though if you look closely enough, you can actually make out the familiar shape of the facility.
