My sister is one of the original
Challenger Center for Space Science Education Fellows and is always letting me know about things like this. She and my mom stopped overnight for a visit last night and as soon as they hopped out of the car they started pointing out Venus, etc. and sure enough, the ISS and Shuttle came into view! It was truly awesome.
I'm hoping when my kids are parents they will tell their kids about how I would let them stay up late and lay in the backyard to watch for planets, etc.
(With my luck they'll probably tell my grandkids how I never did any housecleaning!
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