Watch the International Space Station Cross Over the Eclipsed Sun

[Judi Lynn]

By Laura Geggel, Live Science Staff Writer | August 21, 2017 03:02pm ET

Sky gazers watching today's Great American Solar Eclipse were treated to a rare view of the International Space Station (ISS) when the spacecraft flew past a partial eclipse of the sun.

NASA videographer Joel Kowsky used a high-speed camera to capture the crossing, known as a transit, at 1,500 frames per second. Kowsky recorded the footage from near Banner, Wyoming, today (Aug. 21).

Aboard the ISS, as part of Expedition 52, are six astronauts: NASA astronauts Peggy Whitson, Jack Fischer and Randy Bresnik; Russian cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Sergey Ryazanskiy; and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, NASA reported. [Photos: 2017 Great American Solar Eclipse]

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[Maraya1969]

1. Is it that little bug on the screen? It went really fast!