Science and Exploration

International Space Station Transits the Full Moon

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
January 31, 2018
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International Space Station Transits the Full Moon
ISS Transits The Moon
NASA/BILL INGALLS

The International Space Station, with a crew of six onboard, is seen in silhouette as it transits the moon at roughly five miles per second on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, from Alexandria, Va.
Onboard are NASA astronauts Joe Acaba, Mark Vande Hei, and Scott Tingle; Russian Cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin and Anton Shkaplerov, and Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai.

Image Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) Larger image

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