--- ---  # See the Space Station Caught in the Light of the Moon by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Aug 2, 2015 6:18 PM UTC  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 Aug. 2, 2015 in Woodford, VA. 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 Aug. 2, 2015 in Woodford, VA.Bill Ingalls/Nasa by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Aug 2, 2015 6:18 PM UTC ### Photos: A look back at Expedition 41  Astronaut Alexander Gerst participates in an mobility excercise at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. James Blair—NASA  Astronaut Reid Wiseman, participates in an extravehicular activity in the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Lauren Harnett—JSC/NASA  Reid Wiseman's seat liner for the Soyuz being casted to his body. Reid Wiseman—NASA  Reid Wiseman a member of the International Space Station crew, waves to his daughters from a bus before departure for a final pre-launch preparation at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on May 28, 2014. Shamil Zhumatov—Reuters  The Soyuz TMA-13M rocket is launched with three astronauts inside on May 29, 2014 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Joel Kowsky—NASA  Astronaut Alexander Gerst enjoys the view of Earth from the windows in the Cupola of the International Space Station. A blue and white part of Earth is visible through the windows. ESA/NASA  Photographed from the Destiny laboratory, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, is in the Harmony node of the International Space Station. ESA/NASA  In the International Space Station's Harmony node, NASA astronaut Steve Swanson harvests a crop of red romaine lettuce plants that were grown from seed inside the station's Veggie facility, ESA/NASA  Astronaut Alexander Gerst floats frrely in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station. NASA/SIPA  Astronaut Reid Wiseman, equipped with a bungee harness, exercises on the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT) in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station. ESA/NASA  Astronaut Alexander Gerst shaves the head of NASA astronaut Steve Swanson in the Unity node of the International Space Station. Gerst used hair clippers fashioned with a vacuum device. ESA/NASA  The airlock within the International Space Station. Reid Wiseman—NASA  Australia’s north shore as seen from the International Space Station. Reid Wiseman—NASA  Glacial flows near the Straits of Magellan seen from the International Space Station. Reid Wiseman—NASA  The view from the International Space Station. Reid Wiseman—NASA See the ISS Dwarfed by the Moon ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3981443/space-station-moon-dwarfed/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3981443/space-station-moon-dwarfed/"},"headline":"See the Space Station Caught in the Light of the Moon","datePublished":"2015-08-02T18:18:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:02:12.620Z","description":"Can you spot it?","url":"https://time.com/3981443/space-station-moon-dwarfed/","keywords":["A Year In Space","Space","NASA","moon","Science topic","international space station"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt561f7750d8767102/69885d753c16395d20459137/19599509214_1cc9d1e538_h.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt561f7750d8767102/69885d753c16395d20459137/19599509214_1cc9d1e538_h.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"international space station moon","caption":"international space station moon","creditText":"Bill Ingalls/Nasa","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/a-year-in-space/","name":"A Year In Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3981443/space-station-moon-dwarfed/","name":"See the Space Station Caught in the Light of the Moon"}}]}] ```