Sunrise: March 20th, 2015 eclipse over the Earth.
Samantha Cristoforetti ISS robotic arm training.
ESA Futura Mission patch.
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Photogallery - Space station astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti outshines a total eclipse of the sun

Samantha Cristoforetti is an astronaut with amazing experience and education that has led her to a place above the planet Earth on the International Space Station. During the eclipse on Friday March 20th she took a stunning shot of the eclipsing sun rising over the Earth from the ISS. 

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