By Scott Dance

10:34 a.m. EDT, August 6, 2012

Opportunities to watch the International Space Station fly over Maryland arise in the coming days.

Viewing opportunities only occur sporadically, based on the spacecrafts orbit route and its position relative to the sun and Earth. They often occur during daylight hours or when most of us are asleep, and the space station's appearance is often too faint to be seen.

When it is visible, the space station zips across the sky, appearing as a bright, steadily moving light.

Here are three viewing opportunities this week that fall during normal waking hours:

On board are some fresh crew members. Three crew members left, including NASA astronaut Jim Pettit, and three joined, including NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who is an alumna of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis.

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See the International Space Station in night sky this week