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Old 03-19-2010, 06:06 AM
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in the Houston area this weekend

Saturday, March 20, 8:46 p.m. (Duration: two minutes)
Path: 11 degrees above NNW to 35 degrees above NNE
Maximum elevation: 35 degrees

Monday, March 22, 8 p.m. (Duration: five minutes)
Path: 11 degrees above NNW to 11 degrees above ESE
Maximum elevation: 42 degrees

Tuesday, March 23, 8:26 p.m. (Duration: three minutes)
Path: 28 degrees above WSW to 11 degrees above SSE
Maximum elevation: 32 degrees
Old 04-02-2010, 06:18 AM
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Again this weekend

Sunday, April 4, 6:13 a.m. (Duration: two minutes)
Path: 16 degrees above S to 22 degrees above ESE
Maximum elevation: 24 degrees

Monday, April 5, 6:37 a.m. (Duration: four minutes)
Path: 16 degrees above WSW to 18 degrees above NNE
Maximum elevation: 57 degrees

Wednesday, April 7, 5:52 a.m. (Duration: two minutes)
Path: 48 degrees above W to 17 degrees above NNE
Maximum elevation: 54 degrees
Old 04-28-2010, 06:14 AM
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Again this week.

Wednesday, April 28, 9:18 p.m. (Duration: three minutes)
Path: 17 degrees above W to 17 degrees above N
Maximum elevation: 31 degrees

Thursday, April 29, 5:23 a.m. (Duration: two minutes)
Path: 51 degrees above WSW to 18 degrees above SSE
Maximum elevation: 52 degrees

Friday, April 30, 8:35 p.m. (Duration: two minutes)
Path: 28 degrees above NW to 16 degrees above N
Maximum elevation: 28 degrees
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awesome, thanks
Old 04-29-2010, 06:28 AM
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I get email updates at work a day or two before it flies over. Since I have hardware floating around on it, I just have to watch it. Just thought I would share with you guys some of the stuff I do.
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Wednesday, May 19, 8:38 p.m. (Duration: three minutes)
Path: 34 degrees above NW to 15 degrees above SE
Maximum elevation: 78 degrees
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Wednesday, July 14, 9:34 p.m. (Duration: two minutes)
Path: 22 degrees above NNW to 35 degrees above E
Maximum elevation: 47 degrees

Thursday, July 15, 10 p.m. (Duration: two minutes)
Path: 17 degrees above W to 27 degrees above SW
Maximum elevation: 27 degrees

Friday, July 16, 8:52 p.m. (Duration: three minutes)
Path: 27 degrees above NNW to 18 degrees above ESE
Maximum elevation: 59 degrees
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Monday, Aug. 2, 6:15 a.m. (Duration: four minutes)
Path: 15 degrees above WSW to 18 degrees above NNE
Maximum elevation: 45 degrees

Tuesday, Aug. 3, 5:09 a.m. (Duration: two minutes)
Path: 35 degrees above SSE to 23 degrees above ENE
Maximum elevation: 36 degrees

Wednesday, Aug. 4, 5:35 a.m. (Duration: three minutes)
Path: 26 degrees above W to 16 degrees above NNE
Maximum elevation: 36 degrees
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Sunday, Aug. 22, 5:51 a.m. (Duration: four minutes)
Path: 16 degrees above NNW to 16 degrees above ESE
Maximum elevation: 39 degrees

Monday, Aug. 23, 6:19 a.m. (Duration: four minutes)
Path: 17 degrees above WNW to 15 degrees above S
Maximum elevation: 33 degrees
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Get up early on friday

Friday, Nov. 26, 5:55 a.m. (Duration: four minutes)
Path: 16 degrees above WSW to 15 degrees above NNE
Maximum elevation: 58 degrees
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Viewers in the JSC area will be able to see a good pass of the International Space Station Wednesday morning:

Wednesday, Dec. 15, 6:15 a.m. (Duration: 3 minutes)
Path: 17 degrees above NNW to 35 degrees above ESE
Maximum elevation: 61 degrees
Old 12-23-2010, 06:20 AM
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Thursday, Dec. 23, 6:06 p.m. (Duration: four minutes)
Path: 15 degrees above SSW to 15 degrees above ENE
Maximum elevation: 37 degrees

Friday, Dec. 24, 6:33 p.m. (Duration: three minutes)
Path: 26 degrees above W to 18 degrees above NNE
Maximum elevation: 35 degrees

Sunday, Dec. 26, 5:51 p.m. (Duration: three minutes)
Path: 23 degrees above WNW to 16 degrees above N
Maximum elevation: 29 degrees
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See if this link works for you to find out when the station flies over your area:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata...=United+States
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Ive been on this myself the past couple weeks, I think its pretty awesome to see the speck fly over me here in Tampa when its actually crossing over the pacific ocean. Talk about altitude lol
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Knowing that I have stuff flying around a couple hundred miles above earth is pretty cool. I love just watching it haul *** by. Something like 17,500 mph.
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I know someone with a telescope. I may see if they want to look for it Sunday.

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You can see it with the naked eye. Just a little white dot hauling *** across the sky. I have never tried to look at it with a tele, would be awesome with a high powered one.
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so for the leyman sp?, how would one know where to look? The degrees, is that a measure from the horizon?
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Originally Posted by 1FAST02FORMULAHAWK
so for the leyman sp?, how would one know where to look? The degrees, is that a measure from the horizon?
I think so. On our cnc machines. 0 is to the right and rotates ccw. So 90 would be straight up.
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Originally Posted by cambirdracing
I think so. On our cnc machines. 0 is to the right and rotates ccw. So 90 would be straight up.
right on, thats what i was figuring


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