The Expedition 42 crew aboard

the International Space Station

(ISS) continues to delight us with stunning views of 'Our

Beautiful

Earth

from Space

.'

Here's a collection of a few of the newest sunrises, auroras, landscapes, nightlights, and more snapshots from the multinational crew of six

astronauts

and cosmonauts living and working aboard

the ISS

orbiting some 250 miles (400 kilometers) overhead.

And don't forget that at sunset tonight (Feb. 8), a

SpaceX

Falcon 9

rocket is due to blastoff at 6:10 p.m., EST, if all goes well carrying

the DSCOVR space weather satellite

about a million miles (1.5 million kilometers) away to the L1 Lagrange point.

The

Falcon 9

will blastoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida, pictured below:

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From Key West to the Gulf of Mexico and #Atlanta, a very nice, clear, half moonlit night. Credit: NASA/Terry Virts.

KSC and Cape Canaveral launch pads along Florida east coast at right.[/caption]

Tens of millions of you are included in the lead sunrise photo of the U.S. East Coast - taken by ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti perched aboard the

orbiting lab complex

.

And here's a "speechless sunrise" taken today by NASA astronaut Terry Virts. We agree!

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speechless from this #sunrise. Credit: NASA/Terry Virts[/caption]

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Always happy to see this lovely sight that has become familiar in #Patagonia. Credit: NASA/ESA/Samantha Cristoforetti[/caption]

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This, on the contrary, I've seen only once: the Strait of Magellan and la Tierra del Fuego free of clouds! Credit: NASA/ESA/Samantha Cristoforetti[/caption]

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Moscow shining like a bright star under the aurora. Credit: NASA/Terry Virts[/caption]

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aurora over Anchorage and Fairbanks #Alaska. Credit: NASA/Terry Virts[/caption]

The current six person crew includes astronauts and cosmonauts from three nations;

America

, Russia and Italy including four men and two women serving aboard the massive orbiting lab complex.

They comprise Expedition 42 Commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Terry Virts from NASA, Samantha Cristoforetti from the European Space Agency (ESA) and cosmonauts Aleksandr Samokutyayev, Yelena Serova, and Anton Shkaplerov from Russia.

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Brazilian clouds showing off their #majesty. Credit: NASA/Terry Virts[/caption]

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L+72/73: Logbook. Wow, this has been a busy week! But we can still catch up a little bit... ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti[/caption]

L+72/73: Logbook. Wow, this has been a busy week! But we can still catch up a little bit... ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti ….https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z12iczzoqovhfdo2z23odnbwmz3cir0ox04?cbp=1hmsp4t51xmr3&sview=27&cid=5&soc-app=115&soc-platform=1&spath=%2Fapp%2Fbasic%2F%2BSamanthaCristoforetti%2Fposts …

Soyuz- everyone's ride to space and back!

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soyuz #earth #beauty. Credit: NASA/Terry Virts [/caption]

Stay tuned here for

Ken's

continuing Earth and planetary science and human spaceflight news.

Ken Kremer

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'I wish I could bring all of you up to see this!' Credit: NASA/Terry Virts[/caption]

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ISS Expedition 42. Credit: NASA/ESA/Roscosmos[/caption]