Orange County Register

There was a thrilling moment last summer when you could watch the International Space Station seeming to chase the space shuttle through the sky. (Or was it the other way around?) Well, it’s going to happen again today at 6:23 p.m. when space station and shuttle Atlantis pass overhead. Atlantis is on its way home after visiting space station, roughly 220 miles above Earth.

To watch the tandem flyby, look just above the northwest horizon at 6:23 p.m. To be precise, you’ll first see the spacecraft 11 degrees above the northwest. The spacecraft will be visible for 2 minutes and will seem to move higher in altitude. That won’t happen. It’ll just look that way due to the paths they’re following. Skies are expected to be mostly clear.

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