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Md. Astronaut's Journey To End In Roughly Two Weeks

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Baltimore astronaut Reid Wiseman's journey through space will end in a little over two weeks.

As Mike Schuh reports, Monday will be the last time to see the space station fly overhead while he's on board.

AstroReid, as he's known on social media, sent the first six second Vine from space. He's taken pictures of Baltimore and the Chesapeake, and talked with us.

"Really enjoying weightlessness and one day at a time, but it's going fantastic," he said.

So his adventures taking time-lapses of auroras showing his wonder at nature has made him a multi-million view social media star---but soon, his journey will end.

To help us know where to look for his final public flyover, we've traveled to the Science Center. NASA publishes the schedule, but it's easier to understand from a human.

"So we're looking north, so it will appear in the northwest sky and will come way overhead in the southwest," said Science Center employee Jim O'Leary. "Almost right overhead, absolutely. Yes."

And though it will be dark...

"The sun has just set in the west. The space station is about 200 miles or more up. The sun is still catching the space station. We're in the dark but the station is in the sunlight," said O'Leary. "This is going to be the brightest thing in the night sky. The only thing brighter is going to be the moon."

The station will pass overhead again before he's back on earth but the one at 6:49 on Monday will be the only one which will be easily visible.

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