At approximately 19.04 hours the International Space Station( ISS), a world class lab orbiting the Earth at a distance of between 330 and 435 km will be visible to the naked eye in Kenya. The space station or a habitable artificial satellites is the largest artificial body in orbit and can often be seen with the naked eye from Earth. The ISS serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory in which crew members conduct experiments in biology, physics, astronomy, meteorology among other fields.
Hello Kenya ??
The @Space_Station is visible naked?eye at 19:04⏰ @kenyanpundit @UKinKenya @MarkMasai @Donsarigo ? pic.twitter.com/kodor6Mv4m— Ignazio Magnani (@IgnazioMagnani) May 26, 2016
The space station will be visible for a duration of 10 minutes and 30 seconds starting from 18.59 to 19.09 but the best time to view it will be at 19.04 when it will be at maximum elevation. So make a point to check out the space station as it passes over our skies.
Check out a live stream from the ISS here.