You may have seen the International Space Station whizzing across the night sky before, but have you ever seen China's Tiangong space station?
Three taikonauts are currently orbiting Earth aboard the Tiangong space station — and just days after two of them spent 5.5 hours outside the station repairing a solar array, there are particularly good opportunities to see it from parts of the eastern U.S. over the next week, including several bright, high passes visible from New York City.
On a favorable pass, Tiangong can reach up to about magnitude –2, roughly as bright as Jupiter. That's not as bright as the ISS, but this week it's easily bright enough to see — if skies are clear.
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