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- The image captured by NASA photographer Joel Kowsky shows the ISS as a small shape with visible solar arrays on both sides with the sun as a glowing, bright orange backdrop.
- The composite image was made from seven frames.
- The images were taken Friday from Nellysford, Va,.
NASA has released a breathtaking composite image that shows the International Space Station (ISS) crossing in front of the sun.
The image captured by NASA photographer Joel Kowsky shows the ISS as a small shape with visible solar arrays on both sides with the sun as a glowing, bright orange backdrop.
The images were taken Friday by Kowsky from Nellysford, Va., according to NASA.
“This composite image made from seven frames shows the International Space Station, with a crew of seven onboard, in silhouette as it transits the Sun at roughly five miles per second,” NASA said in a release showing off the image.
“This was a fun one to chase down today,” Kowsky tweeted Friday.
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NASA also tweeted a GIF version of the composite image showing the space station’s trajectory across the sun. The space station orbits Earth about every 90 minutes, meaning the crew onboard experience 16 sunrises and sunsets in a 24-hour period.
The International Space Station is seen in silhouette as it transits the Sun at roughly five miles per second while @NASA astronaut @Astro_Kimbrough and @esa astronaut @Thom_Astro performed a spacewalk to upgrade @Space_Station‘s power supply. See More https://t.co/2cfJ3BbeHl pic.twitter.com/o4zq9orTyE
— NASA HQ PHOTO (@nasahqphoto) June 25, 2021
During the time of the transit, NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet were outside on a spacewalk installing a new rollout solar array.
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