ISS Passes Between Saturn and Jupiter
The International Space Station is seen in this third of a second exposure passing between Saturn, top, and Jupiter, bottom, as it flies over Alexandria, Virginia, Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. Onboard are: NASA astronauts Kate Rubins, Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi; Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov. Saturn and Jupiter are drawing closer to each other in the sky as they head towards a “great conjunction” on December 21, where the two giant planets will appear a tenth of a degree apart. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
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NHQ202012110002
Date Created
December 11, 2020
Center
HQ
Media Type
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Photographer
NASA/Joel Kowsky
Location
Alexandria, VA, USA
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