# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CQjpTo6HNMX
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11733404-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-06-25T20:42:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Transit: when one object crosses in front of another in space. 🌎 🛰️ 🌞⁣
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Here, the International Space Station (ISS) is seen in silhouette as it transits the Sun at roughly five miles per second. This composite image is made from seven frames taken on Friday, June 25, 2021, from near Nellysford, Virginia. ⁣
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At the time of the transit, Shane Kimbrough (Astro_Kimbrough) and EuropeanSpaceAgency astronaut Thomas Pesquet (Thom_Astro) were working outside the station on a spacewalk that lasted a total of 6 hours and 45 minutes. The duo successfully installed and deployed a new roll-out solar array to augment the station's power supply. ⁣
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Also onboard the station, making up the crew of seven, are NASA astronauts Megan McArthur (Astro.Megan), Mark Vande Hei, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXAjp) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Oleg Novitskiy. ⁣
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Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky⁣
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#SolarTransit #SunPhotography #Spaceship #SpotTheStation

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sunphotography, spaceship, spotthestation, solartransit

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