Space Station Flyover

Visible to the naked eye it looks like a fast moving plane only much higher and traveling thousands of miles an hour faster.
Space station flyover. An unusually bright object will glide across the evening sky late this week appearing brighter than all of the stars and planets in the sky but you ll need to know where and 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. The dark overlay indicates where it is nighttime in the world. It is the third brightest object in the sky and easy to spot if you know when to look up.
The map of earth below the tracker shows where the space station is flying directly above. Spot the station will give you a list of upcoming space station sighting opportunities for your location. Watch the international space station pass overhead from several thousand worldwide locations. The international space station will cross over the united states this weekend from the gulf coast to the north atlantic.
Thursday and friday evenings will bring the perfect opportunity for those across the eastern united states to see the international space station iss fly overhead.