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Video shows International Space Station passing over Massachusetts

BOSTON – The International Space Station provided a unique view of New England over the weekend. 

You could see much of eastern Massachusetts, including the City of Boston and Cape Cod in video shared by the ISS crew.

A crew of seven is living and working on the space station right now.

The ISS makes 16 orbits around earth in a 24-hour period, traveling at five miles per second at an altitude of roughly 249 miles.

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