International Space Station Viewing
This map shows the ground track of the international space station s next orbit.
International space station viewing. Several times a week mission control at nasa s johnson space center in houston tx determines sighting opportunities for over 6 700 locations worldwide. Space station iss viewing and sighting information schedule for your location tonight. It is the third brightest object in the sky and easy to spot if you know when to look up.
Visible to the naked eye it looks like a fast moving plane only much higher and traveling thousands of miles an hour faster. Watch the international space station pass overhead from several thousand worldwide locations. Usually however sightings of the station are limited to some parts of the country on some days and other parts of the country on other days image to right.
The international space station is the largest human made object to fly in outer space and can be seen from anywhere around the world when the conditions are right. The crosshair marks its current position. Backdropped by the blackness of space and earth s horizon this full view of the international space station was photographed by a crewmember onboard the space shuttle endeavour.
Spot the station will give you a list of upcoming space station sighting opportunities for your location. Get the latest news images videos and more from humanity s home in orbit the international space station.