Tomorrow my father returns from space.

His 7 months aboard the ISS has led to some historic and viral photography.

From world firsts to wowing the two richest men on Earth, his 4th mission created his most inspiring works yet.

Let’s recap 12 of his best new photos:🧵

https://twitter.com/nasa/status/1913252417191207044

1) The Milky Way at orbital night

THIS is the result of photographing the same subjects from Earth and space at once.

A collaboration 13 years in the making between NASA astronaut @astro_Pettit and NatGeo’s renowned @BabakTafreshi.

You have never seen perspective like this.

🧵 Andromeda Galaxy over auroras.

Move over, China and India.

The next great space power might just be the land down under: Australia. 🇦🇺

Australia has tremendous potential to become a new hub in the growing space economy.

Here’s why:

[A thread - 🧵] Australia enjoys advantages such as:

- Ocean on all sides, granting safe launch ranges

- Massive amounts of empty coastal land, giving low spaceport traffic

- An economy eager to diversify beyond mining & energy

- Huge natural resource deposits & domestic production potential