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Hi everyone,
Hope you all had a wonderful Spring Break!
I've found another cool space site I'd like to share. The site tracks the
International Space Station and various other satellites. If you go to the
site, use your mouse to click on Washington State (Seattle), and the lower
right hand side of the screen will give you the coordinates and time of the
next pass over our city. It's pretty cool. My son and I watched the space
station fly over last night at 9:18 pm. The sky was mostly overcast, but
the space station is so bright that we were able to see it anyway. Be sure
to click on J-Track 3D. From here you can point your mouse to any of the
thousands of satellites orbiting earth and one click will tell you which
satellite it is and will also show you the orbit it follows. You can also
track the Space Shuttle and the Hubble Telescope or add your own choices in
the configuration window. (It might be fun to use this in a math class.)
Enjoy!
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/realtime/JTrack/Spacecraft.html
Paula Tortorice
tortoric@cks.ssd.k12.wa.us
Schmitz Park Elementary
Computer Lab I.A.
www.seattleschools.org/schools/spark
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