Green aurora can be seen dancing in Earth 's upper atmosphere as the zodiacal light fades, shimmering between the profiles of the space station's solar panels as they rotate to track the sun. The bright stars of the constellations Pegasus, Andromeda and Ares also rotate into view as the station continues its lap of Earth.

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Marshall Smith, who spent 37 years at NASA before moving to Starlab, told Sky News space stations were "critical" for research in microgravity. "Life support systems, they don’t work on the ground [like how] they work in space and microgravity," he said.

The unnamed crew member is stable aboard the International Space Station, officials said, but needs care on Earth.