[01] Current Position
REAL-TIME
Velocity— km/h
Altitude— km
Visibility—
Sees daylight in—
[02] Live HD video from the ISS
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Live HD video from orbit
When the station is in Earth's shadow, the camera shows blackness — perfectly normal
[03] Overhead Passes · Next 5
computing for your location
VISIBLE
Locating you & computing passes…
[04] Crew Aboard
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PEOPLE IN SPACE
Querying crew manifest…
[05] Station Vitals
Tale of the tape
Mass
419,725 kg · roughly the weight of 320 cars or a fully-loaded Boeing 747
Pressurized volume
915 m³ · about the size of a six-bedroom house, equivalent to a Boeing 747 cabin
Orbits per day
~16 · sees 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets every day
Speed
~28,000 km/h · 17,500 mph · circles Earth in ~93 minutes
Continuously occupied since
2 November 2000 · Expedition 1 with William Shepherd, Yuri Gidzenko, Sergei Krikalev
Solar arrays
2,500 m² · generates 84-120 kilowatts
Construction cost
~$150 billion · most expensive object ever built
Planned deorbit
Around 2030 / 2031 · controlled re-entry over Point Nemo (the most remote spot in the Pacific Ocean)