and…..liftoff!
The Space Shuttle is now in orbit above the Earth and you could see it pass over Southern New England during the next couple of weeks.
Check out this website from NASA. Just click on a city near you and you can get the times the Shuttle and Space Station pass overhead.
You can see them without binoculars, but it’ll only look a star moving quickly across the sky. A good pair of binoculars may give you the shape of the shuttle.
Enjoy!