April 24, 2013

Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 tracy g young@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-13

SPACE STATION SIGHTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CENTRAL FLORIDA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla -- Central Florida residents will have several opportunities to see the International Space Station pass overhead this week and next, weather permitting

The station, with its six-member Expedition 35 crew, is about 260 miles above Earth and will celebrate its 13th anniversary of continuous occupancy in November Commander Chris Hadfield from the Canadian Space Agency and Flight Engineers Tom Marshburn and Chris Cassidy from NASA, and Roman Romanenko, Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin from the Russian Federal Space Agency are conducting important science and technology experiments aboard the complex

At 9:42 p m EDT on Thursday, the station will approach from the northwest and for about one minute will be more than two-thirds of the way up in the sky as it moves to the north/northwest Sighting opportunities also occur Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday

The station can be seen every day at various locations around the world just prior to sunrise and just after sunset

For sighting opportunities from specific cities in Florida, visit:

http://go nasa gov/KtXV9E

NASA’s Spot the Station service sends you an email or text message hours before the space station passes over your house:

http://spotthestation nasa gov/

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

www nasa gov/station

For updates about activities at Kennedy, visit the NASA Kennedy News Twitter feed at:

http://www twitter com/nasakennedy

For more on NASA's Kennedy Space Center, visit:

www nasa gov/kennedy

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