--- description: In this video, the International Space Station is seen in silhouette as it transits the sun during the solar eclipse. title: Watch the International Space Station Travel Across the Solar Eclipse image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb01c04e3864da814/6988da780a4a229eaa9cf8f2/nasa.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Eclipse](/tag/eclipse/) ## Eclipse Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch the International Space Station Travel Across the Solar Eclipse by [Josh Raab](/author/josh-raab/) ## Josh Raab Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 21, 2017 6:14 PM CUT  This composite image, made from seven frames, shows the International Space Station, with a crew of six onboard, as it transits the Sun at roughly five miles per second during a partial solar eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017 near Banner, Wyoming. This composite image, made from seven frames, shows the International Space Station, with a crew of six onboard, as it transits the Sun at roughly five miles per second during a partial solar eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017 near Banner, Wyoming.Joel Kowsky—NASA by [Josh Raab](/author/josh-raab/) ## Josh Raab Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 21, 2017 6:14 PM CUT In this video, the [International Space Station](http://time.com/4908629/total-solar-eclipse-international-space-station/ "undefined") is seen in silhouette as it transits the sun at roughly five miles per second during the [solar eclipse](http://time.com/4907357/total-solar-eclipse-2017-america/ "undefined") on Monday near Banner, Wyoming. A high speed [camera](http://time.com/4891773/solar-eclipse-how-to-photograph-phone/ "undefined"), shooting at 1,500 frames per second, was used to capture the event. The total solar eclipse was sweeping across a narrow portion of the contiguous United States on Monday, from Oregon to South Carolina. A partial solar eclipse was visible across the entire North American continent, along with parts of South America, Africa, and Europe. **_NEXT:_** [**_Watch the Whole Total Solar Eclipse in 4 Minutes_**](http://time.com/4900280/total-solar-eclipse-2017-video-watch/ "undefined") The crew on the space station is comprised of six astronauts, including NASA astronauts Peggy Whitson, Jack Fischer, and Randy Bresnik; Russian cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Sergey Ryazanskiy; and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Paolo Nespoli. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4909418/total-solar-eclipse-international-space-station-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4909418/total-solar-eclipse-international-space-station-video/"},"headline":"Watch the International Space Station Travel Across the Solar Eclipse","datePublished":"2017-08-21T18:14:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:05:56.908Z","description":"The space station is seen in silhouette as it transits the sun","url":"https://time.com/4909418/total-solar-eclipse-international-space-station-video/","keywords":["Eclipse","solar eclipse","onetime","space 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb01c04e3864da814/6988da780a4a229eaa9cf8f2/nasa.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Josh Raab","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/josh-raab/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb01c04e3864da814/6988da780a4a229eaa9cf8f2/nasa.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2017 Total Solar Eclipse - ISS Transit","caption":"2017 Total Solar Eclipse - ISS Transit","creditText":"Joel Kowsky—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/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/eclipse/","name":"Eclipse"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4909418/total-solar-eclipse-international-space-station-video/","name":"Watch the International Space Station Travel Across the Solar Eclipse"}}]}] ```