The International Space Station comes into view
Monday, July 6th, 2009
By: Alexis Landis
alandis@whyy.org
Catch a glimpse of the International Space Station tonight, in the Northwestern portion of the sky. The best part is that you don't need a telescope to see this. You can easily recognize it and can't be mistaken for a plane passing by. Find out what new addition they are adding aboard the ISS which will really improve the astronauts ability to view space around them and earth below them. Also find out if sun spots are dangerous to humans and if the Mars rover will ever get un-stuck from the soil of Mars.
Credit: NASA.gov
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The accompanying audio piece, originally broadcast on 91FM, and also posted here, gives those details: 8:52pm (7/6/09), about 58 degrees above the horizon in the northwestern portion of the sky, heading from the southwest to the northeast. It will be visible for about 8 minutes.
The article gives no hint of what time to expect the ISS to be visible to people in the listening area, nor any reference to such information.