<prompt> Fingqa isihloko: Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwengu - 16 i - International Space Station nethimba layo labahambi ngomkhumbi - mkhathi besinika ithuba elingakaze libonwe lokubona izinto ezihlaba umxhwele nezishaqisayo zeplanethi yethu. Futhi manje iqembu lamanje, e-Expedition 42, liye lakha iqoqo elihlanganisa ezinye zezithombe ezimangalisa kakhulu zezwe lomhlaba. Kusukela ekukhanyeni okucwebezelayo phezu kweChannel kuya eziqongweni zesihlabathi e-Oman nasendaweni ebonakalayo yaseNew York, izimpawu zomhlaba ezihlukahlukene ziye zaqoshwa zisemkhunjini ozungezayo. Skrolela phansi ukuze ubone ividiyo. IRub al Khali, eyaziwa nangokuthi iNdawo Engenalutho, iyisihlane sesibili ngobukhulu emhlabeni. Inezakhiwo ezihlukile zamachibi futhi ihlanganisa amakhilomitha-skwele angama-250,000 amakhilomitha-skwele angama-650,000 kufaka phakathi izifunda zaseSaudi Arabia, i-Oman, i-United Arab Emirates, ne-Yemen. Isithunywa samanje se-Expedition 42 esikwi-ISS siye sakha iqoqo lezithombe ezithathwe esiteshini sezwe eMhlabeni. Esinye sezithombe ezihlaba umxhwele kakhulu sibonisa izibani ezikhanyayo ogwini oluseningizimu yeNgilandi nasogwini olusenyakatho yeFrance, ezithathwe ngaphezu kwe-English Channel ngoJanuwari esithombeni. Kubonisa ukugxila kokukhanya emadolobheni amakhulu futhi ekude ukukhanya okuluhlaza okubukeka njengokukhanya kweNorthern Lights. Zonke lezi zithombe ziyingxenye yeqoqo le-NASA: Landscape by Samantha Cristoforetti. UNksz. Cristoforetti ungomunye wabahambi ngomkhumbi abayisithupha abasemkhunjini wesiteshi njengengxenye yohambo lwe-Expedition 42. Ozakwabo bafaka phakathi umkhuzi uBarry Wilmore, unjiniyela wezindiza uTerry Virts kanye nabasebenza emkhathini baseRussia u-Elena Serova, u-Alexander Samoukutyaev no-Anton Shkaplerov. Lolu hambo lwaqala ngoNovemba 9 ngonyaka odlule, lapho i-Expedition 41 ikhipha umkhumbi futhi kufanele ibuye ngoMeyi. Esinye sezithombe ezihlaba umxhwele kakhulu kuleqoqo sibonisa izibani ezikhanyayo ogwini oluseningizimu yeNgilandi nogu olusenyakatho yeFrance, ezithathwe ngenhla kwe-English Channel ngoJanuary. Ibonisa ukugxila kokukhanya emadolobheni amakhulu nasemadolobhaneni nakude, ekugoqeni komhlaba, ukukhanya okuluhlaza okubukeka njengokukhanya kwezibani zaseNyakatho. Umzuzwana...  <response>: I-International Space Station izogubha iminyaka engu-15 isetshenziswa abantu ngokuqhubekayo ngoNovemba. Iqembu layo lamanje, e-Expedition 42, liye lakha iqoqo lezithombe ezimangalisayo ezithathwe esiteshini somhlaba. Izindawo zihlanganisa i-English Channel, i-Indus River Delta ePakistan ne-Yosemite National Park. Lolu hambo lwaqala ngoNovemba 9 ngonyaka odlule, lapho i-Expedition 41 ikhipha umkhumbi, futhi iqembu lihlelelwe ukubuya ngoMeyi. 