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Wanna see the space station overhead? NASA will send you mail! | Bad Astronomy

Posted: November 7, 2012 at 6:47 pm

Seeing the International Space Station pass overhead is pretty cool. It glides soundlessly across the sky, getting brighter as it gets closer to you, whizzing by hundreds of kilometers above your head at 8 kilometers per second.

I usually go to Heavens-Above when I think of it to check when the next few passes will be. But wouldnt it be nice if you get a text or email letting you know that a pass is about to happen?

NASA has set up a service to do just that: Spot The Station. You can give it your email or phone number, your location, and whether youd like to see evening passes, morning ones, or both (because the station is lit by the Sun, you can only see it just after sunset or before sunrise).

Thats all there is to it. The next time the station is going to be visible from your location, NASA will send you a note. They also have a page describing what the message means, so you can go outside and figure out not just when to look, but where.

Ill note theres another service that does this as well: Twisst, which uses Twitter to let you know about good station passes at your location. It would be fun to compare them, actually. And useful, because they may have different criteria for what constitutes a good viewing opportunity. If you want to see the station, it might pay to hedge your bet.

And dont forget to try to take a picture! The shot above is one I took a few years ago with nothing more than an off-the-shelf point-and-shoot camera set up on a tripod in my back yard. There are two streaks because one (on the right) is the station, and the other is the Space Shuttle Atlantis! I can guarantee you cant get that shot again, but we do send other spacecraft to the station, so if you time it right you might get something like this. If you dont try, its a sure thing you never will, so give it a shot!

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Spot the space station over your backyard with new NASA service

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ScienceDaily (Nov. 7, 2012) On the 12th anniversary of crews continuously living and working aboard the International Space Station, NASA announced Nov. 2 a new service to help people see the orbiting laboratory when it passes overhead. "Spot the Station" will send an email or text message to those who sign up for the service a few hours before they will be able to see the space station.

"It's really remarkable to see the space station fly overhead and to realize humans built an orbital complex that can be spotted from Earth by almost anyone looking up at just the right moment," said William Gerstenmaier, NASA's associate administrator for human exploration and operations. "We're accomplishing science on the space station that is helping to improve life on Earth and paving the way for future exploration of deep space."

When the space station is visible -- typically at dawn and dusk -- it is the brightest object in the night sky, other than the moon. On a clear night, the station is visible as a fast moving point of light, similar in size and brightness to the planet Venus. "Spot the Station" users will have the options to receive alerts about morning, evening or both types of sightings.

The International Space Station's trajectory passes over more than 90 percent of Earth's population. The service is designed to only notify users of passes that are high enough in the sky to be easily visible over trees, buildings and other objects on the horizon. NASA's Johnson Space Center calculates the sighting information several times a week for more than 4,600 locations worldwide, all of which are available on "Spot the Station."

Nov. 2 marks 12 years of continuous human habitation of the space station.

To sign up for "Spot the Station," visit: http://spotthestation.nasa.gov

For information about the International Space Station and a full list of sightings, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station

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AJ Interviews Sean Calhoun! – Video

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AJ Interviews Sean Calhoun!
Today with our guest Sean Callhoun we discussed about the joys and tribulations of comedy in Seoul and beyond, the evolution of humor from a kindergartener to adolesence, to mars colonization and technology all the way down to rating your discrimination skills of knowing your Asians! - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tvFrom:wilfred leeViews:0 0ratingsTime:01:46:27More inPeople Blogs

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27 . Medical Biotechnology: Part II. Gene Therapy, Tissue Engineering and Nanotechnology – Video

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27 . Medical Biotechnology: Part II. Gene Therapy, Tissue Engineering and Nanotechnology
In theory, gene therapy offers a straight forward to the molecular treatment of various diseases, by using genes to prevent or treat disease by: Replacing a mutated gene(s) with a healthy copy; Inactivating/knocking out a mutated gene; or, Introducing new gene. Gene Therapy offers an approach to treating disease by either modifying the expressions of an individual #39;s genes or correction of abnormal genes. While this seems straight forward (ie replace or supply a healthy insulin gene in pancreatic cells of a diabetic) it has been difficult to actualize. Think here also about dual use problems (ie genetic doping for athletes, genetic modification enhancement for military personnel, and germline genetic engineering of humans with heritable genes). in this section we also review tissue engineering and some of the possibilities for nanotechnologies in medical devices. Nanosized GPS capable computers in our bloodstream?From:Albert KauschViews:1 0ratingsTime:36:53More inScience Technology

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26. Medical Biotechnology: Part Ic. Animal and Human Cloning and Genetic Engineering NQ – Video

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26. Medical Biotechnology: Part Ic. Animal and Human Cloning and Genetic Engineering NQ
Some of the same techniques described for stem cell research, have been extended and applied to animal cloning, creating part of the controversies surrounding both topics. What is cloning? Cloning an organism (as a totally different process distinguished from cloning a gene) is a process whereby all members are directly descended, asexually, from a single organism by......various ways, as we show in this section, and this demonstrates that all the information required for an organism and its development are in the a single cell. many animals have now been cloned, including, sheep (Dolly), cattle, pigs, mice, rats, fish, dogs, cats, horses, mules, and more recently monkeys. Can humans be cloned? Probably.From:Albert KauschViews:6 0ratingsTime:25:37More inScience Technology

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Genetic Engineering 11-3-2012 by Paul Giem – Video

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Genetic Engineering 11-3-2012 by Paul Giem
The theory and practical aspects of genetic engineering are discussed. Attention is paid to the current controversy over genetically modified foods (Prop 37 in California) and an application to the intelligent design controversy is made.From:ItIsAboutGodViews:20 1ratingsTime:01:15:09More inScience Technology

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Fringe Opening sequence (Season 2 – Over There) – Video

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Fringe Opening sequence (Season 2 - Over There)
The show #39;s standard opening sequence interplays images of the glyph symbols alongside words representing fringe science topics, such as "teleportation" and "dark matter". Within the third season, with episodes that took place primarily in the parallel universe, a new set of titles was used, following a similar format, though tinted red instead of blue and using alternate fringe science concepts like "hypnosis" and "neuroscience". The difference in color has led some fans to call the prime universe the Blue one in contrast to the parallel Red one. In the third season episode "Entrada", the titles used a mix of both the blue- and red-tinted versions, given the episode taking place equally in both universes. In the show #39;s two flashback episodes, "Peter" and "Subject 13", a variation on the sequence, using retro graphics akin to 1980s technology and phrases like "personal computing" and "genetic engineering", was used. For the dystopian future third season episode "The Day We Died", a black-toned theme, with more dire phrases like "hope" and "water," was used. The fourth season premiere, "Neither Here Nor There" introduced an amber-toned title sequence with additional new terms that is used for nearly all season four episodes. The fourth season episode "Letters of Transit", which returned to the future dystopian universe, and the subsequent fifth season episodes, feature a cold-toned title sequence with phrases such as "joy", "private thought" and "free will", ideas which ...From:Fdor Nicola MisuriViews:6 0ratingsTime:00:36More inMusic

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Black Sheep (2006) – Trailer – Video

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Black Sheep (2006) - Trailer
Directed by Jonathan King "An experiment in genetic engineering turns harmless sheep into blood-thirsty killers that terrorize a sprawling New Zealand farm." (by imdb.com)From:PyrkensteinViews:3 0ratingsTime:01:59More inFilm Animation

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Impacts of Genetic Engineering – Video

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Impacts of Genetic Engineering
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Mike’s Beautiful Life Excerpt – Genetic Engineering – Video

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Mike #39;s Beautiful Life Excerpt - Genetic Engineering
This is an eight minute excerpt from Mike #39;s Beautiful Life, which explains why genetic engineering is one of the most dangerous developments humans will ever face. For more information, visit http://www.ravediet.comFrom:Mike AndersonViews:6 1ratingsTime:08:20More inNews Politics

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