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Last evening I caught sight of the International Space Station passing over my house. Fortunately the skies were clear. As I looked at this light passing overhead, I noticed that it didn`t have the flashing lights, which are seen on passenger jets. It had to be the ISS.
The ISS has large solar panels which reflect the sunlight and that is what makes it so bright.
I went indoors and checked the Heavens Above website which confirmed that it was the ISS and what is more the website told me that it was due to pass again an hour later, which it duly did!
If you are looking for something to do these summer holidays then try and capture the ISS passsing over with a digital camera.
To do so you`ll have to log onto the Heaven`s Above site and enter your longitude and latitude. This can easily be done by looking up Google Maps or Wikepedia.
There is a table showing you the times the ISS passes over.
The last thing you need is clear skies.
Best of luck in capturing the ISS.

The summer holidays of 2008 are now under way. If you are a bit bored with your psp or laptop and the rain is getting you down, well here is a fantastic site to get you active in science experimentation.
This professor has been a find! He is so enthusiastic about his science that he makes videos about science. These videos can be found at his website and are brilliant.
They show everyday materials being used to show dazzling science experiments. I can guarantee that you will enjoy these videos and learn at the same time. Cool!
Enjoy your summer holidays!

Robert Krampf`s website