Look up in the sky ! It's a bird. It's a plane no it's the International Space Station! Clear skies this weekend will allow for not only star gazing but also space station gazing! The ISS has been in the news lately with the successfull mission of space shuttle Atlantis, and the arrival of another space tourist this weekend. Anybody got 20 million I can have so I can join club space tourist?

If you're up early on Sunday morning, look off to the SSE. At 5:46 you'll might see a fast moving object about 10 to 20 degrees above the horizon. That object will be the international space station. WIth fair skies in the forecast and the orbit of the Space Station lining passing across our region we may see it during the early morning hours for the next few days.

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/view.cgi?country=United_States®ion=Oregon&city=Portland

Included above is a link to NASA with times the space station will be pass over the Portland area.

Dave

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