Check out the Heavens Above website for your local times for seeing the two craft fly by in tandem across the night sky.

For instance, from my vantage point near Peoria, Illinois, the two orbiting bodies will be seen for about four minutes, from 6:19:22 p.m. CST, coming out of the western sky, to 6:23:19 p.m. CST, going toward the southern sky. However, they will not be visible the next night, Tuesday.

The STS-122 crew onboard the Atlantis will be landing on Wednesday, February 20, 2008. This landing is being coordinated with the U.S. military because the U.S. Navy will be proceeding with its mission to shoot down a faulty spy satellite as soon as the shuttle crew safety return to the Earth.

You can also find out if you will be able to see the ailing USA 193 spy satellite going over your local skies. Please go to Heavens Above. For me, I’ll be able to see it, also, Monday night, for about three minutes, between 6:50:36 p.m. CST and 6:53:32 p.m. CST.

USA 193 goes across the sky much faster than the ISS and shuttle because it is in a much lower orbit. I’ll also get chances to see the satellite on February 19, 20, and 21, assuming, of course, it hasn’t been shot down yet.
Also, on this week's busy space-watching agenda is a total lunar eclipse on Wednesday night. For additional information, please go to the iTWire article "Total lunar eclipse February 20, 2008: Americas, western Europe."

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