Where Is The Space Station Now

What the astronauts see right now.
Where is the space station now. There are now six crew members staffing the iss including cosmonauts anatoly ivanishin and ivan vagner as well as nasa astronaut christopher cassidy who were already on the station. Live space station tracking map. Several times a week mission control at nasa s johnson space center in houston tx determines sighting opportunities for over 6 700 locations worldwide. By trevor mogg june 9 2020 spacex s historic crew dragon mission to the international space station iss has sparked renewed interest in the orbiting laboratory.
The crosshair indicates the current ground point. Get the latest news images videos and more from humanity s home in orbit the international space station. It is the third brightest object in the sky and easy to spot if you know when to look up. The map is updated every second.
However the position itself is real time. The dark overlay indicates where it is nighttime in the world. Visible to the naked eye it looks like a fast moving plane only much higher and traveling thousands of miles an hour faster. The map of earth below the tracker shows where the space station is flying directly above.
This is the view from the iss directly down to earth. Please note that the map is not real time video. 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. The capsule will dock with the space station then return to earth to landing in the western united states.
Watch the international space station pass overhead from several thousand worldwide locations. Spot the station will give you a list of upcoming space station sighting opportunities for your location. The international space station becomes so visible to us because it reflects the light from the sun just like the moon. Where is the international space station right now.
A trio of space travelers successfully reached the international space station on wednesday using for the first time a fast track maneuver and two orbit approach to arrive at the orbiting outpost.