International Space Station Flyover
Tonight is the first of three nights in a row with a flyover for maryland and the region giving us prime viewing opportunities.
International space station flyover. Spot the station will give you a list of upcoming space station sighting opportunities for your location. History was just made when spacex and nasa successfully launched two astronauts into space on saturday may 30. Thursday and friday evenings will bring the perfect opportunity for those across the eastern united states to see the international space station iss fly overhead.
An unusually bright object will glide across the evening sky late this week appearing brighter than all of the stars and planets in the sky but you ll need to know where and when to look up. Several times a week mission control at nasa s johnson space center in houston tx determines sighting opportunities for over 6 700 locations worldwide. The space station will light up the.
Watch the international space station pass overhead from several thousand worldwide locations. Height of this pass is more than half way. Visible to the naked eye it looks like a fast moving plane only much higher and traveling thousands of miles an hour faster.
Think of it this way. People along the east coast will be able to catch a glimpse of the international space station as it flies over part of the united states two nights this week. Watch the space station fly over your home town the gulf and eastern coasts of the united states feature prominently in this well lit nighttime view of north america.
It is the third brightest object in the sky and easy to spot if you know when to look up. The international space station will cross over the united states this weekend from the gulf coast to the north atlantic. This flyover will reach a maximum height of 49º.
Get the latest news images videos and more from humanity s home in orbit the international space station. The horizon is 0º and straight up in the sky above your head is 90º.