For UFO enthusiasts viewpublication photo NASA could become a breeding ground for new conspiracy theories involving aliens on the moon. However, the American space Agency has assured that the photo is only the ISS, flying against the moon at a speed of 8 km/s.

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For UFO enthusiasts viewpublication photo NASA could become a breeding ground for new conspiracy theories involving aliens on the moon. However, the American space Agency has assured that the photo is only the ISS, flying against the moon at a speed of 8 km/s.

the Photo was taken on August 2, when the ISS managed to catch on the background of the fully illuminated moon. The altitude of the orbit, which moves on a space station, is about 400 km above the earth. At length the ISS reaches 109 meters, a maximum width of 51 m, and its mass — 417 tons. In just 17 years in orbit, the ISS has committed more than 96 thousand revolutions around the Earth at 15 and a half a day.

currently, the station is located six astronauts. Among them Americans Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren, Russians Gennady Padalka, Mikhail Kornienko and Oleg Kononenko, as well as Japanese Kimiya Yui.