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NASA SkyWatch

NASA SkyWatch

This site, curated by Kim Dismukes of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has a web-based Java application that provides sky watchers worldwide with a picture of when and where the International Space Station, the space shuttle and other spacecraft can be seen with the unaided eye as they pass overhead. The site is a Java based applet. The resource contains information a map, input data, satellite information, orbits, tables, skylogs, skysearch, variable and an about section. This is a great resource for those interested in satellites, or more generally, space sciences.

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