{"id":126397,"date":"2016-06-30T12:44:22","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T10:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/126397\/spot-the-international-space-station-in-the-sky\/"},"modified":"2016-06-30T12:44:22","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T10:44:22","slug":"spot-the-international-space-station-in-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/06\/30\/spot-the-international-space-station-in-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Spot the International Space Station in the sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The International Space Station (ISS) weighs 453 592 kg\u00a0and spans 108.8 meters; as large as a football field.<\/p>\n<p>Because of this size, the huge structure reflects a large amount of sunlight in the sky and can be seen as a big bright star in the sky.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Several times a week, Mission Control at <a href=\"https:\/\/spotthestation.nasa.gov\" target=\"_blank\">NASA<\/a>\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, determines sighting opportunities for over 6,700 locations worldwide. If your specific city or town isn\u2019t listed, pick one that is fairly close to you.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa is listed and you can find your location below:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; border: 1px solid #CCC; border-radius: 6px; -webkit-border-radius: 6px; -o-border-radius: 6px; position: relative; overflow: hidden; width: 310px; height: 450px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/spotthestation.nasa.gov\/widget\/widget.cfm?country=South_Africa&amp;region=None&amp;city=Johannesburg\" width=\"310\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; border: 1px solid #CCC; border-radius: 6px; -webkit-border-radius: 6px; -o-border-radius: 6px; position: relative; overflow: hidden; width: 310px; height: 450px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/spotthestation.nasa.gov\/widget\/widget.cfm?country=South_Africa&amp;region=None&amp;city=Cape_Town\" width=\"310\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; border: 1px solid #CCC; border-radius: 6px; -webkit-border-radius: 6px; -o-border-radius: 6px; position: relative; overflow: hidden; width: 310px; height: 450px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/spotthestation.nasa.gov\/widget\/widget.cfm?country=South_Africa&amp;region=None&amp;city=Durban\" width=\"310\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; border: 1px solid #CCC; border-radius: 6px; -webkit-border-radius: 6px; -o-border-radius: 6px; position: relative; overflow: hidden; width: 310px; height: 450px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/spotthestation.nasa.gov\/widget\/widget.cfm?country=South_Africa&amp;region=None&amp;city=Pretoria\" width=\"310\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>NASA\u00a0has a <a href=\"https:\/\/spotthestation.nasa.gov\/sightings\/index.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">tool<\/a> on their site that will let you track exactly when you\u2019ll be able to see the ISS fly over your town.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='f6f733f33912d07069872a08ebf74281'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest and brightest satellite you can see with the naked eye from earth is visible in the sky from South Africa from 29 June until 7 July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7783,"featured_media":126398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[11548,11549,11550,11551,2362,11552,11553],"class_list":["post-126397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-international-space-station","tag-nasa","tag-planets","tag-sky","tag-south-africa","tag-stars","tag-us-national-aeronautics"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["International Space Station","NASA","Planets","sky","South Africa","stars","US National Aeronautics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7783"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}