# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BGaL6POoaAK
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11736693-nasa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/legacy-do/60818ed843d5350ff347c033105fd3e4e2e59f7950449e32b4aafe7b0d08c547.jpg
- **Posted:** 2016-06-08T21:48:56.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Summer sun setting over the UK: Astronaut Tim Peake on the International Space Station (ISS) shared this image on June 5, 2016.

The International Space Station serves as the world's leading laboratory for conducting cutting-edge microgravity research, and is the primary platform for technology development and testing in space to enable human and robotic exploration of destinations beyond low-Earth orbit, including asteroids and Mars. 
Credits: ESA/NASA
#nasa #space #astronomy #earth #planets #planet #home #science #spacestation #astronaut #timpeake

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