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\nESA astronaut Alexander Gerst tweeted this image from the International Space Station four days after his arrival at the outpost on a Soyuz spacecraft together with NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and Roscosmos commander Maxim Suraev. His message was simply \u201cHome for six months\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe image is taken from the Russian part of the Station looking out of a viewport at the Station\u2019s solar wings and the European Cupola observatory module as the Sun sets behind Earth.\n<\/p>\n
\nAstronauts on the Space Station witness 16 sunsets and sunrises each day as they circle our planet at 28 800 km\/h.\n<\/p>\n
\nAlexander has 100 experiments planned for his Blue Dot mission. Follow his progress and more great images via alexandergerst.esa.int<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \t\t\t\t\t \nESA astronaut Alexander Gerst tweeted this image from the International Space Station four days after his arrival at the outpost on a Soyuz spacecraft together with NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and Roscosmos commander Maxim Suraev. His message was simply \u201cHome for six months\u201d.\n<\/p>\n \nThe image is taken from the Russian part of the Station looking out of a viewport at the Station\u2019s solar wings and the European Cupola observatory module as the Sun sets behind Earth.\n<\/p>\n \nAstronauts on the Space Station witness 16 sunsets and sunrises each day as they circle our planet at 28 800 km\/h.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n