International Space Station Sightings

Visible to the naked eye it looks like a fast moving plane only much higher and traveling thousands of miles an hour faster.
International space station sightings. The space station is visible for a long distance around each of the listed locations. The space station will appear as a bright slow but steady moving star. First obviously the satellite must be above the horizon at the observer s location. Space station iss viewing and sighting information schedule for your location tonight.
It is best to celebrate space week 2020 with a sighting of the international space station as it flies 230 miles above the sky. It is the third brightest object in the sky and easy to spot if you know when to look up. Several times a week mission control at nasa s johnson space center in houston tx determines sighting opportunities for over 6 700 locations worldwide. Enter a city or zip code for times to view it right in your backyard.