Tonight the International Space Station, with the Space Shuttle attached,
was visible in the north sky from Yakima. It came into view at 6:25 and was
visible for over two minutes. If I had known that the sky was to be totally
clear, I would have alerted you beforehand. While it was just a lighted dot
crossing the sky, it was spectacular in that it was quite bright (almost as
bright as Jupiter) and that it has nine or ten people in it.

There are two websites you can go to to get the times in the future. I am
sorry that I can't make direct links to them for you, but here they are:

For Yakima:

www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/station/viewing/y.html (it is not updated as often as
the next site)

For Seattle and Spokane (and many other cities as well):

spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/SSapplications/Post/Sighting.Data/
sighting_index.html

Have fun standing out in the cold!,

Denny Granstrand
Yakima, WA
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