Returning to Earth from the ISS

An interesting video on how the Soyuz capsule is used to return crew from the International Space Station. The actual touchdown of it looks pretty brutal.

ISS Astro Viewer

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 I stumbled across the website Astro Viewer that tracks the position of the International Space Station. It shows you its ground track, as well as a Google map of the area it is flying over. There is also a tab to assist in finding times when you can observe it from the ground.