Viewing the International Space Station
We saw the International Space Stations (ISS) as we drove from Houston to Austin Monday evening (10/16/17) at about 7:50pm looking at the NW horizon. At first we saw lots of planes and stars thinking it might be the ISS, but once it came shooting across the sky it was easy to see.
We heard about it on the news, but found the directions looking at SpotTheStation, a NASA website that will not only tell you when the ISS is coming into view in your area and alert you via email, but if you scroll down the page it will tell you what the directions for viewing mean (see image to the right).
Watching the ISS go over reminded me of another website I had found: WhoIsInSpaceRightNow. As the ISS was going overhead, the number was 6…as always, an amazingly small number compared to the 7.4 billion people on the earth.
And the total number of people who have ever been in space currently stands at 536 according to this Wiki article.
Both current and all time space travelers remain an exclusive club…until the bus starts loading for Mars!
