I was privileged and lucky last night to catch an awesome sight - the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle Discovery passing overhead at the same time. They were separated by about a thumb's width (at arm's length) with the ISS chasing Discovery having just undocked. They only look like fast moving stars, even with 10x binoculars, but when you know what it is it's brilliant!
The only sight that beat this was when the shuttle (iirc it was Atlantis) passed over Ireland in 2009 - we could see it very very brightly, chased by the orange fuel tank - that was just slightly more impressive.
Anyway, I've been on a space/orbit/NASA "high" since, and I found this amazing video thanks to the guys at boards.ie - you might enjoy it!
Thanks NASA!
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