See Your Tax Dollars At Work: The Space Station Flying Over Houston

This week will be a great one for seeing the International Space Station — especially tonight, NASA says.

Assuming the night sky stays clear, the ISS will be visible for three minutes starting at 6:09 p.m.

Look five degrees above north-northwest and track it as it heads to 11 degrees above the southeast. You can wave, but it probably won’t do much good.

This article appears in Jan 21-27, 2010.