ISS Live Now is an app that provides a live video feed of Earth from the International Space Station. The app offers an exciting experience with numerous customization options, allowing users to view amazing live HD video streams directly from the International Space Station’s cameras. The app utilizes the native Android Google Map (ISS tracker), which allows users to follow the Space Station’s orbit around our planet. Users can also receive notifications on time and watch live events such as arrival and departure of manned and unmanned spacecrafts, spacewalks, launches, dockings, undokings, rendevouz, capture, experiments, and communications between NASA's/Roscosmos ground control and astronauts.
ISS Live Now provides seven different sources of live video streaming, including live HD camera, live standard camera, NASA TV, NASA TV Media, Spacewalk (recorded), Inside the International Space Station, and Eventual channel. Users can also watch these live feeds on their television via Google Cast. The app even offers the option to be notified when the next sunset or sunrise will occur, allowing users to watch it live directly from the International Space Station.
The app also features an ISS detector tool that tells users when and where to look for the Space Station. Users can receive a notification a few minutes before it passes by their location. They can also choose to be notified when the ISS is about to pass over their region during the day, allowing them to admire their country from space. Additionally, users can explore the International Space Station with Google Street View, which provides a Google Street View of the low-orbit satellite, from its science labs to its beautiful Earth-facing Cupola window.
Note that when the ISS is on the night side of Earth, the video image is black, which is normal. Sometimes, video is not available due to transmission issues, or because the crew is changing cameras. In such cases, users will usually have a blue or blank screen. In a few minutes, the transmission should return, so users are advised to be patient. This is not a problem with the app.
Overall, ISS Live Now is an excellent app for space enthusiasts and anyone interested in viewing live video feeds of Earth from the International Space Station.