Space Station Movie

ISS Marathon:
The 2008 'ISS Marathon' gets underway this week when the International Space Station spends three days (May 21-23) in almost-constant sunlight.

Sky watchers in Europe and North America can see the bright spaceship gliding overhead two to four times each night. The ISS is as bright as Venus or Jupiter, so even people in light-polluted cities can see it.

Please use our new and improved simple Satellite Tracker to find out when to look: http://spaceweather.com/flybys

Space Station Movie
Sunday's edition of spaceweather.com featured a must-see movie of the International Space Station flying over Germany on May 12th. Although it looks like footage from a satellite or high-powered telescope, the movie was made by an amateur astronomer using a backyard 5-inch refractor.

As a result of ongoing construction (every shuttle flight in recent months has added a new piece to the ISS), the space station is now a wide and easy target for amateur-class telescopes.

Catch the show at http://spaceweather.com