Wanna see the space station overhead? NASA will send you mail!

Seeing the International Space Station pass overhead is pretty cool. It glides soundlessly across the sky, getting brighter as it gets closer to you, whizzing by hundreds of kilometers above your head at 8 kilometers per second. I usually go to Heavens-Above when I think of it to check when the next few passes will be. But wouldn't it be nice if you get a text or email letting you know that a pass is about to happen? NASA has set up a service to do just that: Spot The Station. You can give it your email or phone number, your location, and whether you'd like to see evening passes, morning ones, or both (because the station is lit by the Sun, you can only see it just after sunset or before sunrise). That's all there is to it. The next time the station is going to be visible from ...