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The ISS is easy to see whizz across your home if you know exactly when—which is why NASA hasHave you ever seen the International Space Station? It buzzes around the planet every 90 minutes or so, but as Earth revolves beneath it, it appears to take a different trajectory.for many years and has guided millions of stargazers wanting a glimpse for a few minutes of the American football field-sized orbiting laboratory as it whizzes across the night sky at 17,000 mph.
The next pass may be just minutes away, or it may be over a month until the next sighting. That's not because the ISS isn’t crossing over your house, but the app only tells you when there will be visible sightings.The ISS is typically visible only around sunset and sunrise. That’s because what you’re actually seeing is sunlight reflecting off the spacecraft’s solar panels, so the sun has to be just below the horizon.
The app also has a tab for the latest news from NASA relating to the ISS, such as information about new crew movements and spacewalks.The ISS always appears in the west, roughly speaking, crosses the sky and disappears into Earth's shadow to the east, taking between one and six minutes depending on the altitude. As it disappears, the astronauts on board will see one of the 16 sunsets they see in every 24-hour period.
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