LIVE EARTH IMAGES FROM THE ISS – 24/7 NASA OFFICIAL STREAM
Important note: The stream is permanent (NASA official link). At times the camera may lose signal, pass through dark regions, or show a blue screen. Just wait a few minutes and the images will return automatically.
CAMERA 1 – NASA Official View (interior + exterior)
CAMERA 2 – High Definition Earth View (HDEV)
TRACK THE ISS LOCATION IN REAL TIME
Facts About the International Space Station
- Launch date: November 20, 1998
- Size: 109 meters long (almost the size of a football field) and weighs over 419 tons
- Average altitude: 400 km above Earth (traveling at 27,600 km/h)
- Orbits per day: about 16 full orbits around the planet
- Speed: 7.66 km per second — fast enough to circle the Earth every 90 minutes
- Continuous human presence: over 25 uninterrupted years since November 2000
- Astronauts who have visited: nearly 300 people from 26 different countries
- Scientific experiments: over 4,000 investigations conducted, with 750 in 2025 alone and nearly 630 scientific papers published
- Decommissioning forecast: 2030–2031 (with possible extension to 2032, pending US Congress approval). It will be deorbited in a controlled manner and fall into the Pacific Ocean, in the area known as “Point Nemo”
- Total project cost: over 150 billion dollars
- Find out when the ISS will pass over your city: NASA Official Site – Spot the Station
- Free apps to see the ISS with the naked eye:
ISS Detector (Android) |
ISS Detector (iOS)
Amazing fact: The ISS is the largest scientific laboratory ever placed in orbit. It completes 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets per day for the astronauts! This means that in just 24 hours, the crew “sees” the Sun rise and set 16 times. Additionally, its habitable volume is equivalent to a 6-bedroom house with 2 bathrooms, a gym, and even a 360° panoramic window called the “Cupola”.