(July 8, 2009, updated 8:35 p.m.) -- As previewed on LBReport.com, LB (and much of L.A.) got another good view of the International Space Station on Wednesday (from 8:24-8:30 p.m.) as the spacecraft's orbit took it from Baja Mexico toward Arizona (in our sky from SW to NE).
Here's how it looked in ELB (captured by LBReport.com publisher Bill Pearl):
These's another predawn chance to see the spacecraft on Thursday morning between 4:25-4:31 a.m...IF clouds and fog haven't rolled in as they certainly might.
Thursday morning, July 9th, 4:25 to 4:31 a.m.: This will be the brightest pass-by of the week if the weather cooperates. The ISS will appear at 10 degrees above the horizon in the NW at 4:25 a.m. heading toward the SW. It will pass nearly directly overhead at 4:28 p.m. at an altitude of 83 degrees. It will then fade from view in the SE at 4:31 a.m. Again: if it's foggy or cloudy, as it often is at those hours, the Space Station will be obscured from view...but if it's clear, the spacecraft will be nearly directly overhead.
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NASA.gov says:
The International Space Station is a partnership of the US, Russian, European, Japanese, and Canadian Space Agencies. The station has been continuously human occupied since Nov 2, 2000. Orbiting 16 times per day at 17,500 miles per hour 250 miles above the ground, it passes over 90% of the world’s surface. When complete in 2010, it will weigh over 800,000 pounds and have a crew of 6 conducting research and preparing the way for future exploration to the moon and beyond.
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