ISS-Above at the offices of The Planetary Society in Pasadena

There has been an ISS-Above at the offices of The Planetary Society since 2014.   A few months ago they moved to new offices - and their ISS-Above has now been upgraded with the latest version.  It holds pride of place in one of the conference / work rooms which is visible to everyone as soon as you walk through their front door.   

Brandon Shoelz standing beside the ISS-Above / TV

Brandon is The Planetary Society's IT expert and he took great care to setup the ISS-Above - installing it perfectly so it is visible right above the huge TV.   

Close up of the ISS-Above

ISS-Above in situ

The ISS-Above is in the "Work Room" where a lot of the "Work" gets done

The CEO of The Planetary Society, Bill Nye The Science Guy has been a long-term supporter of the ISS-Above.  Bill purchased one back in 2014 and even mentioned it in an interview he gave to The Wall Street Journal.    

We returned the favor (as much as we could) by creating a custom version of the ISS-Above that will track their LightSail when it launches (possibly later this year).  The LightSail-Above was a great success with their recent Kickstarter and helped add $21,500 to the project total.    If you are a Planetary Society member and you own an ISS-Above your device will also be able to track the LightSail!   

In this weeks episode of Planetary Radio you can win an ISS-Above by answering the Trivial Question.  Listen to the 1/19/2016 episode