If you ’re a lazy uranologist , the kinda person who like gazing into the night sky but never plans out front , good news : NASA has launched a young service of process which will pour down you a text message or email whenever the external space station is about to pass over your place , so you may dash outdoors and take a looking .
The service , known as Spot the Station , let you sign up for qui vive to be sent when the ISS clear over one of 4,600 position worldwide . The passing times are calculate by scientists at the Johnson Space Center so , you cognize , they ’re plausibly right .
Once you ’ve signed up , you ’ll get an samarium or email every time the ISS is nearby , narrate you when it will be visible , from what direction it ’ll seem , and how long it ’ll linger in the nighttime sky . Perfect . [ Spot the StationviaPhysOrgviaVerge ]
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