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Did you know you can see the space station from almost any point on Earth, whenever it passes overhead?
 
To find out when the station will be viewable from your city, or if you would like to track other spacecraft, visit Marshall Space Flight Center’sStation Location pageor downloadNASA’s Sky Watch applet.

Unity (Node 1)
Climb insidethe first U.S. addition to the space station.
 
Download the free IPIX plug-in.



Track the Station


The space station travels at an incredible 17,500 miles per hour, orbiting the Earth every 90 minutes—that’s 16 times a day!
 
Check out the globe above to see where the International Space Station is right now! Can you tell what country it’s flying over this very minute?
 
Keep an eye on the station—this image updates every two minutes.

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