NASA astronaut Jonny Kim took this photo on July 23, 2025, as the International Space Station orbited 259 miles above a cloudy Pacific Ocean southwest of Mexico. Visible in the image is the 57.7-foot-long Canadarm2 robotic arm, which extends from a data grapple fixture on the International Space Station’s Harmony module. Attached to its latching end effector is Dextre, the station’s fine-tuned robotic hand designed for delicate external maintenance tasks. Station crew use Canadarm2 to perform maintenance tasks, capture visiting spacecraft, and move supplies, equipment, and even astronauts.
On Nov. 2, 2025, the space station reached 25 years of continuous human presence. The orbital lab remains a training and proving ground for deep space missions, enabling NASA to focus on Artemis missions to the Moon and Mars.
Image credit: NASA/Jonny Kim
NASA宇航员乔尼·金（Jonny Kim）于2025年7月23日拍摄了这张照片，当时国际空间站正以距地面259英里的高度飞越墨西哥西南上空的多云太平洋海域。图中可见一条长达57.7英尺的加拿大臂2号（Canadarm2），它连接在空间站协和号节点舱的数据抓取装置上。该机械臂的末端附着有灵巧手（Dextre），这是一只专为执行精密外部维护任务而设计的高精度机器人手臂。空间站机组人员利用加拿大机械臂来完成各类维修任务、捕捉来访航天器、搬运补给物资、设备，甚至协助宇航员作业。
2025年11月2日，国际空间站迎来了人类连续驻留25周年。这一轨道实验室仍是深空任务的重要训练与验证平台，助力NASA推进阿尔忒弥斯探月与火星探测任务的准备工作。
图片来源: NASA/Jonny Kim
