Southerners enjoyed the best view of the man-made satellite, which looks like a small ball of light moving across the sky when viewed from earth. <\/p>\n
It crossed the sky at about 5.20pm and was visible for about three minutes. <\/p>\n
In London, people were advised to look at 35 degrees from the horizon and look to the west, and people further north at a slightly lower angle. <\/p>\n
A spokesman for the Met Office said: The space station will be passing over and it might look like santas sleigh. <\/p>\n
Twitter was quickly flooded with images of the passing space station, including a festive snap posted by astronaut Sam Cristoforetti from inside the craft itself. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The platform looks very different close up, with six astronauts currently on board performing experiments in zero gravity as part of its 42nd crew rotation. <\/p>\n
A portion of the International Space Station and the docked space shuttle Endeavour is featured in this image photographed by a spacewalker It is made up of a series of interconnected modules for habitation and banks of solar panels for power. <\/p>\n
The space station is maintained by a number of countries including the European Space Agency, NASA, and the Russian Federal Space Agency. <\/p>\n
The station's crew reportedly took delivery of tins of caviar last month, which will be consumed as a New Year feast. <\/p>\n
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