In December,the first British European Space Agency Astronaut, Tim Peake, and will be heading to the International Space Station on the five-month-long Principia mission. Along with Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and Nasa astronaut Tim Kopra,he will launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to join the international team on board humanity’s outpost in space. Three of the currently-serving crew will transfer back to Earth as the current members assume up their duties, maintaining the station’s permanent staff of six.
It’s hard not to envy the experiences Tim is approximately to have, or but happily we can support an eye on him from here on Earth. The ISS appears to us as a expeditiously-moving star (it is moving at nearly 28000 km/hr),but your own position coupled with the station’s orbit determines where and when to look for it. Nasa has created a user-friendly Spot The Station service to attend do just that, with automated notifications for upcoming opportunities, or clear instructions that beginner astronomers will find useful.
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Source: theguardian.com