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The International Space Station is passing over Staffordshire in May 2017 - and there's chance to see it as long as the night skies are clear. <\/p>\n
The ISS is the brightest man-made object in the sky and the third brightest overall. <\/p>\n
It can sometimes be spotted during the day but is mostly visible at night during part of the 10 minutes it takes to travel from one horizon to the other. <\/p>\n
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The space station is visible as a bright white dot because of sunlight reflecting off its surface and it should be possible to get a glimpse when it passes over Staffordshire this month. <\/p>\n
It can sometimes be mistaken for a fast-moving plane or a shooting star. <\/p>\n
The ISS is moving at four-and-a-half miles per second or about 17,500 miles per hour as it orbits the earth about 15 times a day from more than 200 miles up. <\/p>\n
The station is a research facility and has a crew of six who may well be looking down on us as we look up at them. <\/p>\n
The first expedition launched in October 2000. More than 200 people have visited it since then. <\/p>\n
In 2012, NASA launched a Spot The Station service giving notifications of when the ISS is calculated to be visible from specific locations on the earth's surface. <\/p>\n
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Date <\/p>\n
Visible <\/p>\n
Max Height <\/p>\n
Appears <\/p>\n
Disappears <\/p>\n
Tue May 9, 4:20 AM <\/p>\n
3 min <\/p>\n
14 <\/p>\n
10 above S <\/p>\n
10 above ESE <\/p>\n
Thu May 11, 4:11 AM <\/p>\n
5 min <\/p>\n
24 <\/p>\n
11 above SSW <\/p>\n
10 above E <\/p>\n
Fri May 12, 3:21 AM <\/p>\n
3 min <\/p>\n
16 <\/p>\n
15 above SSE <\/p>\n
11 above ESE <\/p>\n
Sat May 13, 2:31 AM <\/p>\n
< 1 min <\/p>\n
10 <\/p>\n
10 above SE <\/p>\n
10 above ESE <\/p>\n
Sat May 13, 4:03 AM <\/p>\n
5 min <\/p>\n
37 <\/p>\n
14 above SW <\/p>\n
10 above E <\/p>\n
Sun May 14, 3:13 AM <\/p>\n
4 min <\/p>\n
27 <\/p>\n
23 above S <\/p>\n
10 above E <\/p>\n
Mon May 15, 2:22 AM <\/p>\n
2 min <\/p>\n
18 <\/p>\n
18 above SE <\/p>\n
11 above ESE <\/p>\n
Mon May 15, 3:55 AM <\/p>\n
6 min <\/p>\n
53 <\/p>\n
12 above WSW <\/p>\n
10 above E <\/p>\n
Tue May 16, 3:05 AM <\/p>\n
4 min <\/p>\n
41 <\/p>\n
29 above SSW <\/p>\n
11 above E <\/p>\n
Wed May 17, 2:14 AM <\/p>\n
2 min <\/p>\n
29 <\/p>\n
29 above SE <\/p>\n
11 above E <\/p>\n
Wed May 17, 3:47 AM <\/p>\n
6 min <\/p>\n
67 <\/p>\n
10 above WSW <\/p>\n
11 above E <\/p>\n
Thu May 18, 1:23 AM <\/p>\n
1 min <\/p>\n
15 <\/p>\n
15 above ESE <\/p>\n
10 above E <\/p>\n
Thu May 18, 2:56 AM <\/p>\n
5 min <\/p>\n
58 <\/p>\n
22 above WSW <\/p>\n
10 above E <\/p>\n
Thu May 18, 4:31 AM <\/p>\n
< 1 min <\/p>\n
15 <\/p>\n
10 above W <\/p>\n
15 above W <\/p>\n
Fri May 19, 2:06 AM <\/p>\n
4 min <\/p>\n
46 <\/p>\n
42 above SSW <\/p>\n
10 above E <\/p>\n
Fri May 19, 3:39 AM <\/p>\n
6 min <\/p>\n
70 <\/p>\n
10 above W <\/p>\n
11 above E <\/p>\n
Sat May 20, 1:15 AM <\/p>\n
2 min <\/p>\n
28 <\/p>\n
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