Watch the International Space Station

In case you missed it, astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley returned safely from the International Space Station yesterday. You can read NASA’s press release here:

Crew Dragon Safely Returns Astronauts

NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, left, and Douglas Hurley are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico.

The International Space Station (ISS) orbits the Earth roughly every 90 minutes, and many of those passes are visible to the unaided eye! If you’d like to catch it for yourself, NASA has a website that takes your location and gives you all the details you’ll need to watch it pass overhead on any given day.

Spot The Station

Watch the International Space Station pass overhead from several thousand worldwide locations. It is the third brightest object in the sky and easy to spot if you know when to look up. Read More

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