Space Station flyover Monday night
Space Cadets! There will be an unusually nice opportunity Monday evening to watch the International Space Station fly by on its way from the Louisiana coast to the Canadian 
Maritime provinces.
If skies are clear, we'll pick it up at 10:43 p.m. EDT, rising out of the southwest as it passes over northern Alabama. Look for a bright, star-like object hustling toward the northeast, rising about halfway up the northwestern sky by 10:46 p.m. At that moment, it will be somewhere over central Pennsylvania, about 280 miles from viewers in Baltimore, moving northeast at 17,500 mph.
From there it will pass through the handle of the Big Dipper and race off toward the northeast, disappearing from view at 10:49 p.m. as it flies over New Brunswick, Canada.
Sure, it's a bit late. But hey, it's summer. Take the kids outside with you and let them try to be the first to spot the station. That's their money up there, too. Here's more on what they're doing up there.
Comments
Frank, saw the ISS last night here in Glen Burnie, but about 10 minutes before that saw a meteorite (not the big one early in A.M.). A bit odd because it was slow and suddenly flamed out. For a while, though maybe it was the ISS and it went behind clouds. But patience won out, and the station appeared as predicted. Despite haze able to follow it almost all the way to NE horizon. Thanks!
Posted by: Larry Esser | July 7, 2009 11:42 AM