ISS and supply vehicle due to fly over Canada

If you’re looking up at the night sky this week and see two bright, moving objects, those aren’t planes. They’re not UFOs, either.

The International Space Station and the supply vehicle ATV Albert Einstein are set to make flybys over parts of Canada this week. The ATV named Albert Einstein is scheduled to dock with the space station on Saturday at 9:46 a.m. ET.

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The vehicles will be travelling at almost 29,000 km/h and will pass over Canada, the United States and parts of Europe.

In dark skies, it’s not unusual to see satellites moving across the sky. But in light-polluted urban areas, the sight might be less frequent.

Though the ISS varies in brightness over several nights, it is always one of the brightest passing objects in the night sky, often being mistaken for a plane.

To find out when you can see the flybys, visit Heavens Above and enter your location.