Spacestation sighting over UK tonight 6 33pm

[wendilla]

1ST sighting 6 33pm. for 4 mins WSW departing SE

2ND Sighting 8 08 pm 1 min. WSW departing SW

Look out for Venus and Jupiter again after sunset and the crescent moon. Should be good view again if sky is clear.

[Ann]

Missed the first sighting (was in church and didn't think I'd better just leave the service haha) but sadly when we came home the 8.08 sighting was too hazy here in Leics. Will try again tomorrow - hoping for as good a view as last night, it was just brilliant. Got all my friends looking for it now using your info Wendilla, it really is interesting thank you for all your updates. Someone said the ISS returns to earth soon, do you know when?

[wendilla]

The station has been continuously occupied for &1000000000000001100000011 years and &10000000000000117000000117 days having exceeded the previous record of almost 10 years (or 3,644 days) held by Mir, in 2010. The station is serviced by Soyuz spacecraft, Progress spacecraft, the Automated Transfer Vehicle, the H-II Transfer Vehicle,[14] and formerly the Space Shuttle. It has been visited by astronauts and cosmonauts from 15 different nations.[15]

The ISS programme is a joint project between five participating space agencies, the American NASA, the Russian RKA, the Japanese JAXA, the European ESA, and the Canadian CSA.[14][16] The ownership and use of the space station is established by intergovernmental treaties and agreements.[17] The station is divided into two sections, the Russian orbital segment (ROS) and the United States orbital segment (USOS), which is shared by many nations. The ISS is maintained at an orbital altitude of between 330 km (205 mi) and 410 km (255 mi). It completes 15.7 orbits per day.[18] The ISS is expected to remain in operation until at least 2020, and potentially to 2028.[19][20]