Space Shuttle Sightings

     You have a few chances to get a first hand look at the 120th mission of the space shuttle as it rockets across the sky at 17,500mph.  Since it is docked with the International Space Station it will be brighter than ever.    

Here is a list of times for shuttle sightings over the Ada County area:

THE FOLLOWING SHUTTLE SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM FRI NOV 02 TO FRI NOV 09

SATELLITE	LOCAL	DURATION	MAX ELEV	APPROACH
	DATE/TIME	(MIN)	(DEG)	(DEG-DIR)

SHUTTLE	Sun Nov 04/06:34 AM	1	17	11 above S
SHUTTLE	Mon Nov 05/06:55 AM	3	52	10 above SW
SHUTTLE	Tue Nov 06/05:45 AM	2	17	11 above S
SHUTTLE	Wed Nov 07/06:07 AM	3	51	16 above SW
SHUTTLE	Thu Nov 08/06:30 AM	5	53	16 above WSW
SHUTTLE	Fri Nov 09/05:22 AM	< 1	26	26 above E
SHUTTLE	Fri Nov 09/06:53 AM	5	26	11 above WNW

Monday morning, November 5th at 6:55am will offer a spectacular view as the shuttle appears in the southwestern sky then is visible for 3 minutes as it passes just south of overhead and then disappears in the eastern sky.

If you would like to view the shuttle from other areas click here