Space Station Viewing Tonight
If you ve never seen the iss pass overhead it looks a lot like a star but is.
Space station viewing tonight. It is the third brightest object in the sky and easy to spot if you know when to look up. This is the optimum viewing period as the sun reflects off the space station and contrasts against the darker sky. The map of earth below the tracker shows where the space station is flying directly above. Get the latest news images videos and more from humanity s home in orbit the international space station.
Space station iss viewing and sighting information schedule for your location tonight. 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. Visible to the naked eye it looks like a fast moving plane only much higher and traveling thousands of miles an hour faster. Visible is the maximum time period the space station is visible before crossing back below the horizon.
The space station which has been aloft in the heavens for more than 15 years orbits earth 16 times each day presenting multiple viewing opportunities. All sightings will occur within a few hours before or after sunrise or sunset. Live space station tracking map. Enter a city or zip code for times to view it right in your backyard.
To look up viewing times for any location on earth for the iss and dozens of other satellites please use nasa s skywatch application. The international space station will be visible several times over the next few days as it passes over north texas. The dark overlay indicates where it is nighttime in the world. 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. Live space station tracking map. Live iss tracking map.