Last night we had this...
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Three man-made objects floating along in space will pass directly over Houston tonight.
The Space Shuttle, the International Space Station and the Russian supply ship Progress will appear, in that order, one after the other. Look up toward the northwest at 9:12 PM. The three bright objects will move almost directly overhead and then fade away in the southeast at 9:18 PM.
While we have some clouds over Houston right now, these clouds should begin to dissipate by early evening. The sunset is at 8:17 PM so the sky should be dark, providing a perfect view of the triple pass.
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ISS is going to be bright and visible again Tomorrow night for some.
To find out when and where the shuttle or ISS will be, go here.
http://www.heavens-above.com/
make sure you set your location and timezone correctly from one of the links on the page to get the correct info.
Here's the info for Houston
ISS - Visible Passes
Search period start: 00:00 Wednesday, 29 July, 2009
Search period end: 00:00 Saturday, 8 August, 2009
Observer's location: Friendswood, TX, US, 29.5380°N, 95.1700°W
Local time zone: Central Daylight Time (UTC - 5:00)
Orbit: 343 x 351 km, 51.6° (Epoch Jul 29)
Click on the date to get a star chart and other pass details.
Date Mag Starts Max. altitude Ends
Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az.
29 Jul -0.8 21:39:55 10 W 21:41:47 16 SW 21:42:49 13 SSW
30 Jul -3.2 20:28:27 10 NW 20:31:22 74 SW 20:34:16 10 SE
31 Jul -0.5 20:53:59 10 W 20:55:44 15 SW 20:57:27 10 SSW