Viewing the International Space Station
I stumbled across a page at NASA on when it is possible to see the space station as it soars through the sky. It was listed to be visible at 6:51 am this morning, and as luck would have it, Levi had us up at that time. Ok, that wasn’t so nice.
But I looked out the back window just in case. There was a full moon, and I could only see one star, so I wasn’t expecting much.
Oops! The station is extremely bright during these viewing times… It’s right as the station passes from their night to day, so the sun is bouncing off all the shiny stuff. It’s only visible near sunrise or sunset when the sun is slightly below the horizon. So I was able to see it easily without even having to go outside. It looked like a plane with landing light flying by, but going extremely fast. Next time, I’ll have my binoculars waiting…
