Spot The Station, NASA's Cool App For Space Station Positions

The display of the Spot the Station application (doc. NASA).

NASA launched the Spot the Station website about a decade ago to let the public know where the International Space Station (ISS) is located.

This information is needed by astronomers to science enthusiasts for many things, one of which is seeing the ISS with the naked eye at night. This is an exciting opportunity for some users.

Although the website can be accessed freely, NASA feels that this website has not worked optimally in reaching science lovers. Therefore, NASA presented a version of its application in November last year.

This application can be downloaded on iOS and Android via the App Store or Play Store. So far, according to a NASA statement, the Spot the Station app already has 770 thousand users from 227 countries and regions around the world.

Spot the Station will be an interactive tool for users who want to track the position of the ISS. With maps that make it easier for users, this app can show the ISS's closest point of view to the user's location.

To maximize the experience presented, NASA continues to update its application, even making reshuffles to correct its shortcomings. To date, NASA is actively receiving input related to the application.

Thanks to input from many parties and the capabilities of its app developers, Spot the Station functionality has increased thanks to the innate translation into six languages.

Spot the Station supports Spanish, French, German, and others. It is not yet known whether NASA will add a new language in the future, but NASA is committed to continuing to improve its app.