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Friday, January 18, 2013

NASA Sends Email Alerts When Space Sation Flies Over Mehlville, Oakville

Curious to see the International Space Sation for yourself? NASA will send you an email when it streaks across the sky above Mehlville and Oakville.

Here's something new from NASA. The space agency will send you an email when the International Space Station is visible flying over your house, sort of. If you sign up for NASA's "Spot the Station" program, you'll actually be asked to pick a city from a list where the station will be most visible. The closest to Fenton and High Ridge is St. Louis. "Several times a week, Mission Control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX, determines sighting opportunities for 4,600 locations worldwide," the space agency says on its website. "If your specific city or town isn’t listed, pick one that is fairly close to you. The space station is visible for a long distance around each of the listed locations. NASA then will send out an email …

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