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International Space Station Visible in RI This Weekend
The six-member Expedition 40 crew aboard the craft is currently performing medical experiments and preparing for a June 19 spacewalk.
Look to the skies over Rhode Island this weekend and you may see the International Space Station.
The six-member Expedition 40 crew aboard the craft is currently performing medical experiments and preparing for a June 19 spacewalk.
NASA said people in Rhode Island may be able to see the space station at these times and locations:
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Friday June 6
- 9:03 p.m. Visible: 6 minutes; max height 59 degrees; appears 10 above WSW; disappears 11 above NE.
- 10:45 p.m., Visible: 2 minutes; max height 16 degrees; appears 18 above N; disappears 11 above NE.
Saturday, June 7
- 12:22 a.m. Visible: 2 minutes; max height 16 degrees; appears 16 above NNE; disappears 10 above NE.
- 1:56 a.m. Visible: 4 minutes; max height 41 degrees; appears 10 above NW; disappears 28 above ENE.
- 9:55 p.m. Visible: 2 minutes; max height 20 degrees; appears 20 above N; disappears 10 above NE.
- 11:32 p.m. Visible: 2 minutes; max height 15 degrees; appears 15 above N; disappears 10 above NE.
Sunday, June 8
- 1:07 a.m. Visible: 3 minutes; max height 38 degrees; appears 10 above NW; disappears 28 above NE.
- 9:06 p.m. Visible: 2 minutes; max height 26 degrees; appears 26 above N; disappears 11 above NE.
- 10:43 p.m. Visible: 2 minutes; max height 15 degrees; appears 15 above N; disappears 10 above NNE.
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