ISS main solar arrays seen from SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour Oct 4, 2025

Today"s image captures the International Space Station (ISS), a vast laboratory built by 15 nations, orbiting about 400 kilometres above Earth. Travelling at nearly 28,900 km/h, the ISS circles Earth every 90 minutes, giving its international crew of seven the remarkable experience of witnessing 16 sunrises and sunsets each day. Its solar arrays soak up sunlight to power groundbreaking research on microgravity, technology and human survival beyond our planet. Shot from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour—a reusable spacecraft that has completed six missions since 2020, ferrying astronauts and cargo—this scene embodies what humanity can achieve when it chooses cooperation over competition. Each gleaming panel makes it clear: the final frontier is within reach and the audacity to explore it defines us.

© NASA

palette

Today in History

Oct 4, 2023Tarantula Nebula
Oct 4, 2024World Space Week

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Sep 28, 2025Town of Pienza in Tuscany, Italy
Apr 26, 2026Pink apple blossoms, Avila Beach, California, USA
Jan 3, 2026Staubbach Falls at Lauterbrunnen, Canton of Bern, Switzerland
Jan 19, 2026Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada
May 12, 2025An iris garden in Tokyo, Japan
Sep 20, 2023Aqueduct, Arkadia Park, Poland
Jul 24, 2025Family of ashy woodswallows
Aug 2, 2025Petroglyphs near Fruita in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, United States
Oct 7, 2024Bora Bora in French Polynesia
May 19, 2026Formentor Lighthouse, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Mar 25, 2024Tulip fields in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Dec 31, 2023Phra Nakhon Khiri, Thailand
Jan 18, 2026White Sands National Park, New Mexico, United States
Sep 14, 2023Przewalskis horses, Hustai National Park, Mongolia
Feb 13, 2024Saint-Pierre-Quiberon, France
Jun 29, 2024Beech forest in Nienhagen, Germany
Aug 28, 2026Mont-Saint Michel during high tide, Normandy, France
Feb 26, 2024Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA
Apr 27, 2024Leucistic Annas hummingbird
Sep 9, 2025Eurasian red squirrel
Dec 9, 2024Two guanacos, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
Oct 18, 2025Silbury Hill, Wiltshire, England
Nov 2, 2025Maple and bamboo forests in Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan
Dec 20, 2023Val Gardena, South Tyrol, Dolomites, Italy
May 11, 2025Leopard mother grooming her cub, Jao Reserve, Botswana
July 13, 2026Antelope Canyon, east of Page, Arizona, United States
Feb 16, 2024Pyrrhuloxia bird
Apr 15, 2024Château de Chambord, France
July 11, 2026Coral reef and beach in Raja Ampat, Indonesia
Jan 16, 2025Pinnacles National Park, California, United States