International Space Station Tonight
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International space station tonight. The international space station is seen in this 30 second exposure as it flies over elkton va early in the morning saturday august 1 2015. The dark overlay indicates where it is nighttime in the world. It is the third brightest object in the sky and easy to spot if you know when to look up.
Four years after her first flight to the international space station nasa astronaut kate rubins will return to space today oct. 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 tracker top map shows where the space station is right now and its path 90 minutes ago 1 5 hr and 90 minutes ahead 1 5 hr.
Edt 0852 gmt a live webcast of the arrival will begin. The crosshair marks its current position. Spot the station will give you a list of upcoming space station sighting opportunities for your location.
This map shows the ground track of the international space station s next orbit. Nasa uses final purchased soyuz seat for wednesday. Below is a time lapse photo of the space station moving across the sky.
Get the latest news images videos and more from humanity s home in orbit the international space station. The soyuz crew took off on a three hour express trip to the international space station that culminated in a docking at 4 48 a m. The blue sections of the iss track indicate when the space station is in the earth s shadow.
Visit the nasa johnson flickr photostream. Live space station tracking map. Visible to the naked eye it looks like a fast moving plane only much higher and traveling thousands of miles an hour faster.