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Live tracker & Insights

The point on Earth right under the station.

Where the station is, what its crew did today, which experiments run in which module - and when you can spot it from your own sky.

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What's inside

A live tracker on top. An Insights layer underneath.

Live where the station is

A smooth 3D globe with the sub-satellite point, ground track and a tiny pin where you are - so you can see exactly when the ISS is over your head.

Today, aboard

A daily, plain-language read of what the crew actually did, linked to the experiments, modules and crew members involved.

Spot it from your sky

On-device pass prediction with your GPS - visibility classification, AOS/LOS direction, peak elevation. Your location never leaves the phone.

Three axes, one view

Every insight links at least two of: when it happened × where the ISS was, what experiment × which module, which discipline × across time.

A peek at the app

Built to be lived in, not just looked at.

Subpoint live globe showing the ISS sub-satellite point over Argentina with altitude, speed and orbit data.

Live tracker

The point on Earth, live

A 3D globe pinned to the sub-satellite point - the exact spot on Earth directly under the ISS - with live altitude, speed and orbit period. Scrub the timeline to replay where it has been.

Subpoint daily activity view with the ISS over Earth and a blog post about onboard research.

Today, aboard

What the crew did today

The day's work in plain language, pinned to where the station was when it happened. Tap a post to read what the crew actually did, from blood-clotting research to spacewalk cleanup.

Subpoint 3D interior view of the Kibo laboratory module with experiment chips.

Module view

Step inside the station

Explore the ISS module by module in 3D - here the Japanese Kibo laboratory - and see which experiments and racks live in each one.

Subpoint ISS pass prediction list with times, elevation and daylight from the user's location.

Spot it

Know when to look up

On-device pass prediction from your own location: upcoming passes with time, peak elevation and daylight, so you can catch the ISS crossing your sky. Your location never leaves the phone.

Subpoint experiment detail page for the European IVA Suit investigation.

Experiment detail

The science, explained

Every experiment in plain English on top of the official NASA details - what it studies, which agency runs it and the discipline it belongs to. Here: ESA's intra-vehicular activity suit.

Subpoint Expedition 74 page with mission patch, dates, commander and highlights.

Expeditions & crew

Who's aboard, and when

Browse every ISS expedition with its patch, crew, dates and highlights - here Expedition 74 - connecting the people to the science and the missions.

Built on open data

NASA, The Space Devs, Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, CelesTrak.

Every source credited with its license; AI-rewritten content (plain-language summaries) is clearly labeled. Nothing here is official - check the original when it matters.

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