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Spot the Station
published by the NASA
This site provides watchers worldwide when and where the International Space Station can be seen as it passes overhead. It is visible to the naked eye, the third brightest object in the sky, and easy to spot if you know when to look up.
https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/
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Courtesy of: NASA
Keyword: space flight sighting
Record Creator: Date Metadata Instance was created October 7, 2003 by Benjamin Williams
Record Updated: Sep 23, 2021 by Lyle Barbato
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when Cataloged:		 November 5, 2020
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AIP Format
(NASA, Washington), WWW Document, (https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/).
AJP/PRST-PER
Spot the Station (NASA, Washington), <https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/>.
APA Format
Spot the Station. (2020, November 5). Retrieved October 10, 2026, from NASA: https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/
Chicago Format
NASA. Spot the Station. Washington: NASA, November 5, 2020. https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/ (accessed 10 October 2026).
MLA Format
Spot the Station. Washington: NASA. 5 Nov. 2020. 10 Oct. 2026 <https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/>.
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@misc{ Title = {Spot the Station}, Publisher = {NASA}, Volume = {2026}, Number = {10 October 2026}, Month = {November 5, 2020}, Year = {} }
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