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Space Station Marathon Starting This Weekend

Posted by timothy on from the this-calls-for-a-twitter-mashup dept.

RobGoldsmith writes with this snippet from Space Fellowship: "If you've never seen a spaceship with your own eyes, now's your chance. The International Space Station (ISS) is about to make a remarkable series of flybys over the United States. Beginning this 4th of July weekend, the station will appear once, twice, and sometimes three times a day for many days in a row. No matter where you live, you should have at least a few opportunities to see the biggest spaceship ever built."

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  1. Heavens Above by Flyer434 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Another source for flyby times for the ISS and more. Plus, no java required. http://www.heavens-above.com/

  2. Wolfram Alpha can help! by neiras · · Score: 5, Informative

    For instance:

    http://www92.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=iss+rise+vancouver ...gives you the next ISS flyover for Vancouver, BC.

    1. Re:Wolfram Alpha can help! by chaseneb · · Score: 4, Informative

      http://www47.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=iss This link works slightly better as it will use geolocation based upon your ip address.

  3. Re:Flyby times by Snowblindeye · · Score: 4, Informative

    I like this site: n2yo. You can see the current position of the ISS, or get the 5 day flyover predictions with details If you click on 'draw' it will show you a graph for each pass, with blue where the station is in the shadow and yellow where it is in the light.