This one, like the handful of others astronauts have captured, probably rises up 50 miles and stretches a few miles wide. Although they are very common, sprites are rarely photographed.

Bright red flashes were captured by NASA astronaut, Matthew Dominick, from the International Space Station earlier in the ...

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen documented the rare red sprite from the International Space Station. The Danish spaceman shot a phenomenon associated with thunderstorms called a Transient Luminous ...

An astronaut onboard the International Space Station has captured a rare image of a red "sprite" above Europe while recording a timelapse from space. The picture, which was taken on September 9 ...

A Texas law passed in 1997 enabled astronauts to vote from space, particularly those affiliated with NASA's Johnson Space Center. David Wolf became the first astronaut to cast a space ballot. NASA's ...