Look up! Space station to pass over this week

(WKBN/WJW) — The International Space Station (ISS) will be paying a visit to Northeast Ohio skies multiple times this week.

If you have never seen the ISS in the sky before, this could be the perfect opportunity, but first, you need to know how to view it.

The ISS will appear somewhere over the horizon and move higher in the sky. The best time to view it is when it reaches its peak in the sky (66° in the example). The closer the peak is to 90°, then the higher it is in the sky and the easier it is to view it. Then, the ISS will descend and eventually disappear at some point in the sky.

One opportunity to view the ISS in Cleveland is coming up on Friday morning. It will rise in the northwestern sky around 5:36 a.m. and peak at 89°. It will be visible for 6 minutes.

If you are not able to view the passing on the ISS on Friday morning, then you will have the opportunity to view it several more times over the next two weeks. CLICK HERE to see the best viewing times for your location.

The forecast will play a major role in deciding if you will be able to see the ISS. You can always check the forecast, here .

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