National Space Station
Several times a week mission control at nasa s johnson space center in houston tx determines sighting opportunities for over 6 700 locations worldwide.
National space station. Visible to the naked eye it looks like a fast moving plane only much higher and traveling thousands of miles an hour faster. The map of earth below the tracker shows where the space station is flying directly above. Get the latest updates on nasa missions watch nasa tv live and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind.
Live space station tracking map. Nasa united states roscosmos russia jaxa japan esa europe and csa canada. Watch the international space station pass overhead from several thousand worldwide locations.
The space station is visible for a long distance around each of the listed locations. 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. Space station ses 1 noaa 19 goes 13 noaa 15 noaa 18 terra aqua metop b suomi npp goes 15 fox 1a ao 85 saudisat 1c kms 4 tiangong 1 meteor m2 asiasat 3s nss 12 agile measat 3b more.
The pieces were put together in space by astronauts. If your specific city or town isn t listed pick one that is fairly close to you. It is the third brightest object in the sky and easy to spot if you know when to look up.
The international space station iss is a modular space station habitable artificial satellite in low earth orbit. The space station s orbit is approximately 250 miles above earth. Nasa gov brings you the latest images videos and news from america s space agency.
The international space development conference isdc is the annual conference of the national space society the premier citizen s space conference bringing together nss leaders and members with leading space sector managers engineers scientists educators and businessmen. The space station is made of many pieces. Nasa uses the station to learn about living and working in space.