Where Is The Space Station
Finding the space station in the sky.
Where is the space station. Get the latest news images videos and more from humanity s home in orbit the international space station. Enter a city or zip code for times to view it right in your backyard. The blue sections of the iss track indicate when the space station is in the earth s shadow.
Nasa united states roscosmos russia jaxa japan esa europe and csa canada. The map of earth below the tracker shows where the space station is flying directly above. Astronauts working and living on the station experience 16 sunrises and sunsets each day.
The crosshair marks its current position. The dark overlay indicates where it is nighttime in the world. The international space station iss which is used to study the effects of long term space flight on the human body as well as to provide a location to conduct a greater number and longer length of scientific studies than is possible on other space vehicles.
It is a multinational collaborative project between five participating space agencies. As of 2020 one fully operational and permanently inhabited space station is in low earth orbit. The international space station with esa s columbus laboratory flies 400 km high at speeds that defy gravity literally.
The space station flies at an average altitude of 248 miles 400 kilometers above earth. Space station iss viewing and sighting information schedule for your location tonight. This map shows the ground track of the international space station s next orbit.
The international space station orbits 248 miles 400 kilometers above earth and can be seen from the ground using a new interactive map called spot the station. Live space station tracking map.