The International Space Station (ISS) will be visible from Nicosia this evening.
President of the Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation (CSEO) George Danos told CNA that the ISS will pass exactly over Cyprus’ capital city Nicosia between 22:05 and 22:08 local time.
“It will be visible and very bright” he said, “like a moving shining star”.
The International Space Station was first launched to orbit in 1998.It is the largest human-made body in low Earth orbit and the most expensive one, valued at 120 billion euros.
It can often be seen with the naked eye from Earth. The space station is a microgravity research laboratory. Astronauts perform experiments in various fields, such as biology, physics, astronomy, biology, medicine, meteorology, etc. All of these experiments, as well as the control of space systems, are aimed at learning more about living in space, conquering space and advancing various scientific fields on Earth.
Source: Cyprus News Agency