HOW TO SPOT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
Feb 24, 2022
4 minutes
Written by Daisy Dobrijevic and Mathew Browne
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CAN BE SEEN FROM EARTH; YOU JUST NEED TO KNOW WHERE AND WHEN TO LOOK
TIME ON THE ISS
The ISS completes an orbit in 90 minutes, so how do astronauts keep track of time? The ISS uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). It was selected as the time zone for the ISS because it’s around the mid-point for all ISS partners.
The International Space Station (ISS) is a multinational laboratory orbiting 400 kilometres (248 miles) above our heads. It perhaps comes as no surprise that the ISS can easily be seen from Earth. The colossal structure reflects sunlight and appears as a bright, white pinpoint of light in the sky – typically the brightest
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