Great View of the Intl. Space Station – WOODTV.com (blog)

There are many views of the International Space Station here in early June. Heres the complete schedule here. Tonights flyover really stands out. Its at 9:49 pm. Well still be in twilight. The space station appears halfway up from the horizon to the northwest and moves DIRECTLY OVERHEAD (89 degrees). Itll be visible until it moves into the Earths shadow at 11 degrees off the SE horizon four minutes later. Heres a link to a map that shows where the space station is right now (takes a little while to open the page). Heres another tracking map with the position of the sun. The Space Station circles the globe about every 93 minutes. Its about the size of a football field and flies about 220 miles above the ground, about the distance between Grand Rapids and Indianapolis. Check out http://www.spaceweather.com for details on auroras, the number of sunspots, asteroid approaches and more. Sky and Telescopes Sky at a Glance will show you the current position of the moon and planets. You can also get the latest on West Michigan astronomical events from the Grand Rapids Amateur Astronomical Assn. Thanks to Steve Schrier for finding these very cool high res. pics. of Planet Earth.

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