On Friday June 6 beginning at 10:21:15, the International Space Station — with the Space Shuttle attached — can be seen as a starlike object in the northwest. It will appear to the right of the cresent Moon and will brighten signifcantly as it passes nearly overhead at 10:24:11, near the bright star Arcturus. At this point, it will be brighter than any object in the sky, except the Moon. It should be as bright as Jupiter, which rises in the southeast at 11:30 p.m. The ISS/Shuttle disappears into the Earth's shadow 14 seconds after passing Arcturus.
On Sunday June 8, the ISS/Shuttle combination can be seen again, this time in brighter skies. Look to the northwest for them to come into view at 9:30:17 p.m. They reach maximum brightness when they are overhead at 9:33:10. They disappear after 9:35 as they near the southeastern horizon to the left of Antares.
When they are at their maximum brightness near the star Arcturus, they are only about 225 miles above you.
Such is our view from Earth ...
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