Allard.Beutel
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
allard.beutel@nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M62-09

GOOD SPACE STATION SIGHTING OPPORTUNITIES ON DEC. 6 AND 8

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Central Florida will have a good opportunity to
see the International Space Station pass overhead in the predawn
hours on Sunday, Dec. 6, and again on Tuesday, Dec. 8, weather
permitting.

The station, with its Expedition 22 crew aboard commanded by NASA
astronaut Jeff Williams, is about 225 miles up. Traveling at
five-miles every second, the space station will look like a very
bright star, which doesn't twinkle or blink, moving quickly across
the sky like an aircraft.

Watching from Orlando on Dec. 6 at 6:33 a.m. EST, the station will
approach from the southwest and disappear over the horizon in the
northeast. It will be visible for about five minutes.

Then again on Dec. 8 at 5:46 a.m., the station will move from the
west, southwest toward the northeast and be visible for three
minutes.

For sighting opportunities from specific cities in Florida, visit:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdat...country=United_States&region=Florida

For the latest information about the International Space Station, its
crews and scientific research taking place onboard, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station