UPDATE: Space Station Passes Nearly Directly Over Long Beach Early Evening Tonite

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Space Station Passes Nearly Directly Over Long Beach Early Evening Dec. 8, Provides Another Great View

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(UPDATED Dec. 8, 10:30 p.m.) -- As previewed earlier today (Dec. 8) on LBREPORT.com, the International Space Station orbited nearly directly over Long Beach and the L.A.-OC area in the early evening tonight (Dec. 8). Despite a few high clouds, it was clearly visible...and quite bright.

The giant spacecraft became visible in the SW sky at about 5:37 p.m.,,then rose to a sky-height of 85 degrees (90 degrees is straight up) just before 5:41 p.m. and then headed into the NE sky, disappearing from view about 5:44 p.m. so At its closest point, the spacecraft was only roughly 256 miles above us.

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Image via Heavens-Above.com

Below is the giant spacecraft in a NASA image:

Image via NASA.gov

Yes, there are real people inside the International Space Station. Pictured from left to right in photo below are (front row) NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore (left), commander; and Terry Virts, flight engineer. Pictured from the left (back row) are Russian cosmonauts Elena Serova, Alexander Samoukutyaev and Anton Shkaplerov and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, all flight engineers. Photo credit: NASA/Bill StaffordPhoto credit: