According to NORAD, it's impossible to know because only Santa knows his route. But history suggests he only arrives when children are asleep, so anytime between 9 p.m. and midnight on December 24 ...

NORAD Tracks Santa is live online and begins watching Santa at 4 a.m. ET (0900 GMT) on Dec. 24. Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more!

Those without internet access worldwide can also call 1-877-HI-NORAD (1-877-446-6723) on Dec. 24 to ask live operators about Santa's location from 6 a.m. to midnight MST.

Dec. 24—Tonight, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) gets ready for its Christmas Eve tradition of tracking Santa Claus' annual toy run. NORAD has been assisting Santa since 1955 ...

NORAD began to track Santa Claus in 1955, following an accidental phone call made to the agency by a young boy interested in in speaking with Kris Kringle.

NORAD confirmed a total of three intercepts on July 5. The first took place over the Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA) and was carried out by a U.S. Coast Guard MH-65 Blackjack helicopter.

NORAD has tracked the Dec. 24 flight since 1955, when a child accidentally called an operations center for an agency that predated the command, believing she was calling Santa Claus.

In a video released Monday by NORAD, a tense moment was depicted after a Russian fighter jet flew dangerously close to a NORAD aircraft over the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone.

NORAD said such flares burn out quickly and pose no danger to people on the ground. Three violations of Mar-a-Lago airspace occurred last month, two on Feb. 15 and one on Presidents Day, NORAD said.

NORAD has a vast array of radars that cover the northern reaches of the North American continent, but it relies on signals intelligence (SIGINT) from the National Security Agency (NSA) and ...