International Space Station visible in Irish sky tonight

The International Space Station will be visible in the Irish sky tonight - just after 10pm.

It is the most expensive and the largest spacecraft ever to be put into orbit - measuring about the same size as Croke Park.

The space station - which has a crew of 6 astronauts on board - will be visible tonight, tomorrow and on Thursday - and will not be seen again until later this year.

Chairman of Astronomy Ireland - David Moore said that spotting the spacecraft is all about timing:

"Unless you are out at the right time you won't have noticed it before but if you go out at the right time then you can't mistake it I watched it a couple of nights ago and it was a hundred times brighter than the brightest star in the sky", he said

"If you see any star in the sky you'll easily see the international space station, it's that bright"