As dark sets-in on Christmas night along the eastern United States, the International Space Station will be a bright moving star across the sky for those with clear skies. The ISS will appear as a very bright object moving from the western horizon to the east at a 79 degree angle for over 2-minutes, [video].
Hundreds of people around the world are expected to join the ISS Wave Project this week, a part of a campaign connecting people around the planet with the six astronauts and cosmonauts living in space, while paying homage to a marvel of human technology and ingenuity. The international space station orbits Earth every 90 minutes at an altitude of more than 200 miles.
During a good pass, the station looks like a star arcing across the sky with a brightness and speed startling to first-time viewers. There are a few observing opportunities in the coming week by checking the Satellite Star Tracker on-line and enter your zip code for satellites, times direction and level of illumination from your location on the planet.
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