The International Space Station is flying over Australia tonight – this is when and where you can see it
- The International Space Station will cross the Brisbane skyline at 6.44pm on Monday
- The space station will appear in the night sky and will come from the southwest
- It will be visible to the naked eye and will leave in the northeast at 6.51pm
- Other parts of the country will be able to see a spaceship in space Tuesday
The International Space Station will pass by the east coast of Australia tonight.
Star gazers and space lovers have been told to keep an eye out for a bright dot passing the horizon of Brisbane, Queensland, at 6.44pm on Monday.
The space station departs from the southwest before disappearing northeast at 6.51pm.
Star gazers and space lovers have been told to keep an eye out for a bright dot passing the horizon of Brisbane, Queensland, at 6.44pm on Monday
The International Space Station will be visible to the naked eye, so no telescope will be needed.
Other parts of the country will see the bright dot travel across the sky the next day.
The station will pass Sydney on Tuesday at 8.33pm and will appear in the sky for just two minutes.
Melbourne residents will be able to watch the space station run from 8.31pm to 8.36pm.
It will pass Canberra at 8.32pm and depart again at 8.36pm.
The space station will pass Darwin a few minutes later at 8.40pm.
Spectators need to be quick as the dot in the sky will only be for a maximum of five to seven minutes.
What you will see is this very bright star, the brightest in the early evening sky. It will be like something else in the world, ‘astronaut Dr Brad Tucker told the ABC.
Dr Tucker said it was rare to see the space station – which orbits the Earth about 15 hours a day – so clearly.
‘It’s not visible all the time. The only time you see it in the early evening or early morning is when the sunlight turns off and comes back to earth. ‘
The International Space Station is a large spacecraft that has been orbiting the earth since its launch on November 20, 1998
The International Space Station is a large spacecraft that has been orbiting the earth since its launch on November 20, 1998.
A permanent staff of astronauts and cosmonauts has been in permanent employment since November 2000.
Research conducted aboard the ISS often requires one or more of the unusual conditions present in Earth’s orbit, such as low gravity or oxygen.
ISS studies have examined human research, space medicine, life sciences, physical sciences, astronomy and meteorology.