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Thursday, January 10, 2013

NASA Space Station: Know When to Look Up

NASA will send you an email when the International Space Station streaks across the sky in Eureka and Wildwood.

Here's something new from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Space agency representatives will send you an email when the International Space Station is visible flying over your house, sort of. If you sign up for NASA's "Spot the Station" program, you'll be asked to pick a city from a list where the station will be most visible; St. Louis is the closest available drop-down selection to Wildwood or Eureka. "Several times a week, Mission Control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX, determines sighting opportunities for 4,600 locations worldwide," the space agency stated on its website. "If your specific city or town isn’t listed, pick one that is fairly close to you. The space station is visible for a long …

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