# @iss on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DDe7vynuIhr
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/53939704-iss-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-12-12T15:28:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** International Space Station (@iss) — https://gondola.cc/iss

## Caption

Time for a 2024 image rewind. ⏪

Celebrate this year’s science experiments and demonstrations aboard the space station. Astronauts participated in research that benefit future missions and humanity on Earth. Explore the best research images of 2024 from the orbiting lab at nasa.gov/iss-research.

Images featured in this post include: 

Inspiring the next generation of STEM leaders! 🚀 NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson conducts Zero Robotics, a student software programming competition. Winners have their code run on one of the Astrobees aboard the space station. This educational activity aims to encourage students to pursue careers in STEM fields.

Turning water into ice crystals in space! ❄️ 
NASA astronaut Don Pettit creates thin wafers of ice using a station freezer kept at -140 degrees Fahrenheit. He photographed the ice using special equipment, including a polarizing filter, to learn how freezing works differently in microgravity. 

Monitoring astronaut health with wearable tech! 🏋️‍♂️ NASA astronaut Nick Hague exercises with Bio-Monitor, a vest-headband combo that collects health data using biosensors. This wearable tech allows astronauts to work while scientists gather crucial data for analysis, helping us understand how the human body adapts to space. 

Red sprites above a thunderstorm! ⚡️ 
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured these elusive, colorful bursts of energy that occur in Earth’s upper atmosphere, helping scientists understand the connection between lightning and these phenomena called transient luminous events.

Growing plants in space! 🌱 
NASA astronaut Jasmine Moghbeli poses with Plant Habitat-06 aboard station. This experiment explores how plant immune systems and plant production adapt to microgravity, paving the way for sustainable food production on future long-duration missions and potentially providing insights for improving agriculture on Earth. 

#WearableTech #Science #STEMeducation #Robotics #SpaceAgriculture #PlantScience #stem

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plantscience, spaceagriculture, science, stem, robotics, stemeducation, wearabletech

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