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Spot the International Space Station from your own Backyard
Posted on Nov 08, 2012 01:41:42 PM | John Entwistle | 10 Comments    |
Spot the Station Did you know you may be able see the International Space Station from your home? As the third brightest object in the sky, after the sun and moon, the space station is easy to see if you know where and when to look for it.

NASA’s Spot the Station service sends you an email or text message a few hours before the space station passes over your house. The space station looks like a fast-moving plane in the sky, though one with people living and working aboard it more than 200 miles above the ground. It is best viewed on clear nights.

For more information and to sign up for alerts, visit Spot The Station.

This opportunity is a great extension to NASA Now: The Mechanics of Solar Panels. To access this episode of the Emmy Award winning NASA Now series, log into the NES Virtual Campus.

Tags : Education Point of Interest, High School Student Opportunity, High School Students, K-12 Education, Middle School Students, NASA Mission Update, NASA Point of Interest  

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10 On Apr 12, 2013 02:06:02 PM  Dave  added a comment on your blog post. 

A little help please.
For some reason the notices seem to come about two days after the event, the one today at 9:45 am April 12, was for the April 10th crossing.

I must be doing something wrong, but I can't figure it out.

Thanks for your help

Dave

9 On Feb 06, 2013 04:53:32 PM  susys  added a comment on your blog post. 

Thank you NES/NASA. I'm always disappointed to hear about space and astronomy sitings/observations AFTER the fact. I'm excited to tell my students where to look for the next passing.

8 On Nov 08, 2012 06:58:12 PM  guest  added a comment on your blog post. 

I want to see

7 On Nov 08, 2012 05:34:08 PM  Peter  added a comment on your blog post. 

Is anyone else having trouble signing on for Space Station alerts? I'm am unable to sign up from any of several links.

6 On Nov 08, 2012 05:38:14 PM  guest  added a comment on your blog post. 

Unable to signup for alerts! Any suggestions?

5 On Nov 08, 2012 05:27:41 PM  guest  added a comment on your blog post. 

Link will not open from Mobil device. Have tried multiple times.,

4 On Nov 08, 2012 06:56:22 PM  Robert Sharpe  added a comment on your blog post. 

I would like to see this

3 On Nov 08, 2012 09:05:53 PM  guest  added a comment on your blog post. 

Thank you for making the email alerts.

2 On Nov 10, 2012 10:36:24 PM  guest  added a comment on your blog post. 

What is the different colors glowing like a star at night it looks like an orb or star flashing green red blue yellow and white very odd

1 On Nov 12, 2012 12:44:35 AM  bandika  added a comment on your blog post. 

Wery intresting ...

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