Space station seen in dark outline in front of the Moon.
Source: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Published: April 29, 2019
Historical Date: January 30, 2018

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 Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, from Alexandria, Virginia.

Onboard at the time: NASA astronauts Joe Acaba, Mark Vande Hei, and Scott Tingle: Russian Cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin and Anton Shkaplerov, and Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai.

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