Posted By: Daryl
International Space Station - 07/25/02 05:39 AM
I received this as an email from John:
If and when you see it, let us know here by telling the location and the time you saw it.
quote:I might add by saying I saw it one night during last summer's campmeeting. Maybe I will see it again at this summer's campmeeting.
Beginning this week, the International Space Station will make a series of eye-catching passes over North America."
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/24jul_spaceship2.htm?list675347
It's pretty easy to see; I caught it the last time it made passes over our continent, back in June. It's brighter than anything else in the night sky, with the exceptions of the moon and Venus. It takes several minutes to pass from horizon to horizon; though when I saw it, it "went
out" before it reached the far horizon, due to the fact that it entered Earth's shadow before reaching the horizon.
There are links in the article to sites where you can find out the exact times for your location.
If and when you see it, let us know here by telling the location and the time you saw it.