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@astro_kimbrough

NASA Astronaut, US Army Colonel, AH-64 Apache pilot, husband, father, Christian. Excited to share NASA and the International Space Station with you!

Houston, TX
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Joined April 2016
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  1. 20 minutes ago

    Downtown Los Angeles! Another beautiful day to see the Staples Center, LA Live, Dodgers Stadium, USC, and the CA Science Center where the Space Shuttle Endeavour resides.

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  2. 21 hours ago

    Turin, Italy – a city with rich history and culture in northern Italy is easy to spot from . Buona Notte Italia!

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  3. May 30

    Thought we might be on another planet with this photo but turns out these dunes are in Saudi Arabia.

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  4. May 29

    Striking colors and formations of these sand dunes in Yemen near the southern Saudi Arabian border.

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  5. May 28

    Qatar and Bahrain looking great behind the Cygnus cargo vehicle solar array. Cygnus will be with us for about another month and will depart with a lot of our trash.

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  6. May 27

    Madrid’s city lights are visible at night even from the . Goodnight Spain!

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  7. May 27

    Watering plants for proper growth is a challenge in space. , , & I have been working on the Plant Water Management project which helps us determine effective ways to provide adequate hydration & aeration for plants to grow in space.

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  8. May 26

    Missing Houston extra today! Caught all of the professional sports venues in town in this one photo – NRG, Astrodome, Toyota Center, Minute Maid Park, BBVA Stadium, River Oaks Country Club. Can you spot them?

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  9. May 24

    Good morning from ! Peaked outside of my window in Endeavour and had to share my view. Those streaks in the sky are long shadows cast by the light of the sun. As the shadows become longer with decreasing solar height, the reflectivity/albedo becomes more pronounced.

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  10. May 22

    Lovely day in Fayetteville, Arkansas! You can look right into Razorback Stadium.

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  11. May 20

    When your dad tries to take a selfie on his space vacation with his robot friends. We’re using these Astrobee robots for the ROAM experiment on to observe how items tumble in space.

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  12. May 19

    The brightly colored Laguna Colorada in the Bolivian Andes Mountains. This shallow salt lake is the center of a wildlife reserve and is home to a vast number of flamingos.

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  13. May 19

    Flew past South America the other day and caught this shot of Camaná, Peru from the . You can see the agriculture-rich environment along the Camaná River, which empties into the South Pacific Ocean.

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    May 18

    Space-savvy students from across the nation who are deaf, blind, hard of hearing or visually impaired and their mentors will connect with astronauts on the ! 📺 The Earth-to-space call airs LIVE on Wed., May 19 at 10:40am ET:

    NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Shane Kimbrough is pictured inside the Kibo laboratory module on the International Space Station with the Astrobee free-flying robotic assistants.
    ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet is seated inside the Columbus laboratory module on the International Space Station wearing a virtual reality headset.
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  15. May 18

    Recently caught a shot of this beautiful rock formation in Northeast Wyoming near Bighorn River, which is a tributary of the Yellowstone River and is approximately 461 miles long.

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  16. May 18

    Oil fields, Texas Tech, and the Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport are all visible in these photos. Texas Tech University is visible in the middle right of the first photo. Notice the red roofs of the campus buildings. Can you find the airport?

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  17. May 17

    Howdy to the Texas panhandle! Caught this shot of some agriculture farms near Wellington, TX and the Texas-Oklahoma border. The Salt Fork Red River is also visible as it cuts across the panhandle.

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  18. May 17

    Looks like a beautiful day on the South East coast of Spain! Playa de Los Narejos is visible at the bottom of the pic, and Santiago de la Ribera is visible near the top. You can even see the airport!

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  19. May 16

    Hello Keystone, Colorado! Caught a glimpse of the Independence and Keystone Mountain peaks as we flew over the Keystone Ski Resort.

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  20. May 15

    The striking San José del Cabo with Querencia Golf Club, Palmilla Golf Club, Club Campestre San Jose, El Dorado Golf Club, and Cabo Real Golf Club in sight.

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