Spot The Space Station

Below is a time lapse photo of the space station moving across the sky.

Spot the space station. 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. It is the third brightest object in the sky and easy to spot if you know when to look up. Look for a bright star like spot moving across the sky without changing direction and voila. Watch the international space station pass overhead from several thousand worldwide locations.

The international space station will be visible in the cincinnati sky for over 30 minutes between now and tuesday according to nasa s spot the station tracker. If you sign up for an alert on nasa s spot the station site you ll generally receive a notification about 12 hours before the space station will pass overhead. The station passes over. Enter a city or zip code for times to view it right in your backyard.

Visible to the naked eye it looks like a fast moving plane only much higher and traveling thousands of miles an hour faster. Visit the nasa johnson flickr photostream.