ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - It's a stargazer's dream night in St. Louis as Earth's closest neighboring planets and the International Space Station (ISS) will all be in view Tuesday night.
Just after sunset, you'll be able to see Mars and Venus appear to touch each other as they align in what is called a planetary conjunction. It also happened on Monday night. After tonight, they will again start drifting apart.
You'll want to look towards the western sky, close to horizon and underneath the crescent moon, NASA says.
Also tonight, people of St. Louis can see the (ISS) whizzing around the planet. It will be visible for a total of seven minutes in our area, starting at 10:03 p.m. NASA says it will appear about 10 degrees above the southwest sky, then disappear minutes later above the northeast sky.
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There are plenty of other opportunities to see the ISS on a nightly basis, but most appearances are much shorter, according to NASA.
And lucky for us, the sky is expected to be mostly clear with almost no cloud cover.
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