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The International Space Station seen from Ross Lake, Northern Cascades National Park, Washington, as it transits the sun at during a partial solar eclipse, Aug. 21, 2017 (NASA) The International Space Station seen from Ross Lake, Northern Cascades National Park, Washington, as it transits the sun at during a partial solar eclipse, Aug. 21, 2017 (NASA) A composite image of 4 frames showing the International Space Station as it transits the sun, Aug. 21, 2017. Photos taken from Northern Cascades National Park in Washington. (NASA) The moon is seen as it starts passing in front of the sun during a solar eclipse from Ross Lake, Northern Cascades National Park, Washington, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. (NASA) A composite image of 7 frames showing the International Space Station as it transits the sun, Aug. 21, 2017. Images captured near Banner, Wyoming. (NASA) The moon passes in front of the sun, Aug. 21, 2017. Image captured from Ross Lake, Northern Cascades National Park, Washington. (NASA) The Diamond Ring effect seen as the moon makes its final move over the sun during the total solar eclipse, August 21, 2017, above Madras, Oregon. (NASA) NEW YORK (FOX 5 NEWS) - Millions of people in the United States looked up at the sky on August 21, 2017, and witnessed a rare solar eclipse. But NASA staffers had some of the best seats in the so-called house.
NASA released several photos and a video of the International Space Station seen in silhouette as it transited in front of the sun during the eclipse.
Bill Ingalls of NASA captured the still images from Ross Lake in Northern Cascades National Park, Washington State.
Using a high-speed camera from a vantage point in near Banner, Wyoming, NASA's Joel Kowsky captured moving images of the ISS at 1,500 frames per second, the space agency said.
NASA said the space station was moving roughly five miles per second as it made its way across the sky with the sun and moon behind it.
Six people are on board the ISS right now: NASA astronauts Peggy Whitson, Jack Fischer, and Randy Bresnik; Russian cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Sergey Ryazanskiy; and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli.