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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Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Monday, July 20, 2009
Space Gazing
Well, I saw the shuttle after take off last week as it flew over Ireland. That was some sight!
Anyway, now that the International Space Station is on the tip of everyone's tongue, my helpful hint is that you can find out when it's passing you by logging onto www.heavens-above.com and inputting your location - it will then spit out times for all the objects that pass over you! Enjoy.
Anyway, now that the International Space Station is on the tip of everyone's tongue, my helpful hint is that you can find out when it's passing you by logging onto www.heavens-above.com and inputting your location - it will then spit out times for all the objects that pass over you! Enjoy.
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