Far Out Space Nuts

As a child, I was very interested in astronomy. My dad had a telescope, and I would always beg him to set it up so I could look at the moon, or Saturn, or Jupiter. I even went to Space Camp (no, it was nothing like the movie, which starred the young Joaquin (née Leaf) Phoenix). In any case, I still have a tendency to stare up into the sky a lot. Last night I went for a walk just after it got dark. Just as I was about to get back home, I saw something that appeared to be an airplane except that it didn't have any flashing lights. I was guessing that this was the International Space Station, since I've gone outside to see it before and it looked a lot like what I was seeing. A quick check here confirmed that this was what I had seen. You click on the link for your state and town to see when the space station may be viewable. It's pretty bright, we have a fair amount of light pollution here and it's still very easy to see. Check it out!