NASA Announces Opportunities To See Shuttle And Space Station
WASHINGTON -- Space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space
Station are flying together 220 miles overhead until Sunday, May 23.
Circling the Earth every 90 minutes, the spacecraft offer unique
sighting opportunities for sky gazers around the world.
With the shuttle attached, the station appears even brighter than
usual in the morning and evening sky. The station may be seen every
day from various locations around the world just prior to sunrise and
just after sunset.
There are good sighting opportunities, weather permitting, on Tuesday
for Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee; on Wednesday for California and
Texas; and on Thursday for Florida. For information about when the
spacecraft will be visible over your city, visit:
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/
Atlantis delivered the Russian-built Mini Research Module-1 to the
station, and the mission's three spacewalks focus on storing spare
components outside the station, including a communications antenna,
parts for the Canadian Dextre robotic arm, and replacing six solar
array batteries.
The International Space Station, a unique partnership among the space
agencies of the United States, Russia, Japan, Canada and Europe, is
celebrating its 10th anniversary of continuous human occupancy this
year. Construction began in 1998, and 23 crews have lived aboard the
orbiting complex since 2000. Station residents are conducting
important science and technology experiments.
For more information about the International Space Station and its
crew, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
For more information about the science performed aboard the station,
visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_
For more information about the space shuttle, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle
Source: NASA
