The Milky Way, as seen onboard the ISS

Andre Kuipers captures the Milky-way and the ghostly atmosphere of Earth from his vantage point on the International Space Station.

Andre is on the orbital outpost for ESA's long-duration mission, PromISSe. He was launched with his fellow crewmembers Don Petitt and Oleg Kononenko, from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, in December 2012.