Sometimes the stars align just right and for Graham Truelove, a fan of both music and the International Space Station, this week is one of those times.
By happenstance, the ISS will be traveling above Chattanooga every night of Riverbend, meaning fans watching the show can look to the heavens at just the right time to see the ship fly over, weather permitting, of course. It will happen tonight at 9:42 and will be visable for four minutes. There will be another good opportunity on Wednesday.
"We saw it on Friday during Boz Scaggs," Truelove said.
"I told everyone around us and they didn't believe me, but they were impressed. People like science I guess."
Tonight, the ISS will come from the north traveling towards the east. Riverbend moves to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard tonight, so you will have to turn around to see it. "When the music is on the Coke Stage, you just have to look up," Truelove said.
Normally, the ISS is viewable a couple a nights a month. It's rare to see it this many days in a row, Truelove says.
"It's just an accident of science that it is viewable during the entire Riverbend festival."
He said his family has been following the ISS for 25 years. You can check for information and the station's path at spotthestation.nasa.gov.