The Hunt for Space Station Flares

William Atkins
Wednesday, 27 May 2009 17:26

Science - Space

For those of you in North America, check out when the International Space Station is flying over your local sky at Simple Satellite Tracker.

On that same Web page, there is an international link for everyone else outside of Canada and the United States.

Or, go directly to Global Flybys.

For additional pictures from Quintus Oostendorp, check out his Web site at Astroblog.nl .

For more information on the ISS flares, and other assorted interesting astronomy stuff, also take a look at the Web site of Astro Bob. Do a search for "Oostendorp" in order to locate his article.

For additional information on the International Space Station, please go to NASA Web site ISS: Latest News. You'll find exciting news, as of May 27, 2009, as to the launch of the Expedition 20 crew to the Space Station.

This crew marks the expansion of members on the ISS, from three to six. The NASA article states, "All five of the international partner agencies – NASA, the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) – will be represented on orbit for the first time."