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NASA picture of the day: chasing the Space Station

NASA's picture of the day captures a visible pass of the International Space Station that skywatchers can spot from the ground; it keeps better time than most buses.

On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on Best of BBN
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Photo: NASA · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN
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Photo: International Space Station
Photo: NASA · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNASA put a picture of the space station on the internet, and I need to know if it did something.

  2. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentNASA's astronomy picture of the day for October sixteenth shows the International Space Station crossing the sky, a pass that skywatchers can see from the ground.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo it's a bus.

  4. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt is a laboratory the size of a football field, moving through the sky on a predictable path.

  5. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentBut yes, you can watch it go by.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentDoes this affect me? Like, do I need to go outside, or can I stream it from the chair?

  7. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentNothing is required of you.

  8. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIf you want to see it with your own eyes, you have to step outside, at a time your local listings give you.

  9. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAnd what happens next? Does it stop for people?

  10. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt keeps orbiting. It is the only thing awake right now that never misses a schedule, and it will not wait for you.

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