The global Space Station is the largest human-built object in space and can rival Venus in brightness in the night sky, but only if you know when and where to look.
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When the space station soared between the moon and Earth at around 5 miles per second (8 kilometers per second) Sunday night (Aug. 2), NASA photographer Bill Ingalls was in position to capture the sight from Woodford, Virginia.
The NASA astronaut has taken to Twitter to share photos and answer questions from space fans with the hashtag #YearInSpace.
A Houston company has negotiated a historic agreement to fly a Chinese experiment on the worldwide Space Station, a small but symbolic maneuver around a law that bans any scientific cooperation between NASA and the communist country.
The space station has been continuously occupied since November, 2000.
Keep your eyes peeled towards the skies tonight as the moment draws near.
Chichester Astronaut Timothy Peake during training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre, in Russian Federation, on 15 October 2014. Social media aficionados were delighted as Kelly answered all sorts of queries, whether space-related or not, in a live Q&A held on Saturday, August 1. You can then receive our daily newsletter AND add your point of view to stories that you read here.
Kelly also disclosed that he does not use Facetime on the ISS but uses another video messaging software to stay in touch with his family and friends on Earth.
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