India, Feb. 2 -- Skywatchers in Mumbai are in for a celestial treat on February 2 as the International Space Station (ISS), a large spacecraft that orbits Earth and serves as a home for astronauts for scientific research, will pass overhead, offering a rare opportunity to witness the station with the naked eye.

The ISS, one of the brightest objects in the night sky after the Moon and Venus, will be visible for several minutes as it travels across Indian skies. This event will provide an excellent chance for astronomy enthusiasts to observe the orbiting laboratory, which currently carries astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore, Don Pettit, Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, Nick Hague, and Aleksandr Gorbunov.

According to astronomical pred...