Composite Image Shows International Space Station Transiting the Sun

International Space Station Transits the Sun

International Space Station transiting the Sun. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

This newly released image shows the International Space Station transiting the sun.

This composite image made from five frames shows the International Space Station, with a crew of nine onboard, in silhouette as it transits the sun at roughly 5 miles (8 kilometers) per second, Sunday, September 6, 2015, Shenandoah National Park, Front Royal, VA. Onboard are; NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren: Russian Cosmonauts Gennady Padalka, Mikhail Kornienko, Oleg Kononenko, Sergey Volkov, Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui, Danish Astronaut Andreas Mogensen, and Kazakhstan Cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov.

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