Set a reminder on your phone: Right after 8 tonight you can watch the I.S.S. fly over. 7 minute window. Really amazing experience.

If you have never watched the International Space Station fly over, you've been missing an awe-inspiring experience! If the sky is clear, it's going to be a lot of fun to watch.

Get somewhere with a clear view of the sky, especially toward the south-southwest. At 8:03 PM, watch a little above the horizon toward the SSW, and you'll see a what looks like a very bright star appear, climbing rapidly.

It'll cross near the middle of the sky and disappear 7 minutes later, in the northeast sky.

Keep in mind that there are humans (even some Russians!) on that thing. They're flying around planet earth at 17,130 MPH, or about 5 miles per second!

Another fun thing to do is to get someone on the phone that's far away, and watch the ISS together. It brings a connection that's hard to describe.

To know where to watch, go to this link and be sure to allow it to get your location – you can input a street address too – and you'll be able to see an animation of the ISS with the Google Street View surroundings, so you will know EXACTLY where to look, and when!

You can also get notifications of upcoming viewing opportunities (it isn't something that happens every week or two, a lot of things have to be lined up for the ISS to be visible to us) by signing up here, and it's free.

Looks like it'll be clear and very nice out there, so get some friends together or just go out by yourself.

You'll thank me later.

Edit: Corrected direction info. (SMH.)