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Slideshow: Catch a Manmade Star

While most of us watch space shuttles take off and manuever in space on the news, dedicated hobbyists observe the action directly, their eyes trained on the night sky. By Philip Chien.
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as they pass in front of the sun.Photo: John Locker

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snapped this photograph of the International Space Station as the spacecraft approached the station to dock.

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The diagonal lines on this radio spectrum are radar reflections from the International Space Station as it passes over two radar sites.

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