Tuesday, June 5, 2007

From My Sister--See an ISS



GET OUT YOUR TELESCOPES!

"You guys also have a great view of the Space Station tomorrow (tuesday) night. Definitely something to see if you haven't seen one before."

Date/Time: Tue Jun 05/08:53 PM
Duration: 5 minutes
Max Elevation: 60 degrees
Approach (Deg-Dir): 10 above WSW
Departure (Deg-Dir): 11 above NE

Sightings this week

WHAT IS AN ISS?:
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) IS AN INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION INVOLVING THE EFFORTS OF 16 COUNTRIES BUILT TO MAINTAIN A LONG TERM HUMAN PRESENCE IN OUTER SPACE, PROVIDING A PLATFORM FOR MICROGRAVITY EXPERIMENTATION AND SERVING AS A 'FIRST STEP' TO FAR-REACHING SPACE EXPLORATION. (FROM NASA.GOV)

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