The image above may look like a poster for the upcoming Star Wars movie, but it’s actually a portrait NASA just released of its Expedition 45 crew. It’s a long-standing tradition of the space agency for its crews to pose for a wacky photo shoot for posters that are often parodies of popular Hollywood movies.

The shoots are a multi-national affair. This latest poster features astronauts from the United States, Russia, and Japan.

(The first “movie poster” portrait...was released for Expedition 1 back in the year 2000)

This poster kicked off the tradition of wacky portraits that are released alongside official crew portraits. Here are some other posters that have been released over the years:

(At Link)

Poster Comment:

Do you find this funny? Or obnoxious?

(YES. THIS IS REAL. check out the NASA site.)

NASA is laughing all the way to the bank. $52,000,000 per day. And they have time for this nonsense?

Some would say Hollywood-NASA is "hiding lies in plain sight."

Below is one particularly arrogant NASA poster. Notice how the whole "Planet Earth," "Moon," and "Sun" is being "examined closely for exact measurements." The symbolism of the posing and touching the heavenly bodies and props for the poster are telling:

Btw, you can even download NASA's Hollywood-fantasy propaganda at their own site:

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/sfa/sfa-posters