[Atmob-discuss] Anyone see the shuttle and ISS last night?

[Gary Weston]

I saw the ISS when it came over a number of nights back. I walked in the
front door around 7:40ish... the wife said... "The ISS is supposedly flying
over any minute!". I didn't realize.  I looked out and there it was, just
appeared coming up in the South East. Perfect timing. My 4 year old son ran
over at full speed and was quite fascinated by it too.

I am hoping to get down to FL to see a shuttle launch this year (summer?)
and tie it in with a trip to Disney for the kid.  Might as well before the
program is scrapped. I haven't quite looked into this yet, but any
suggestions on figuring out when a launch is? I know launch dates can be
iffy and are weather dependent... but hoping to take a shot at seeing a
launch in person.

-Gary

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 3:21 PM, A. Joseph Ross <Joe at attorneyross.com>wrote:

> On 26 Mar 2009 Rothchild, Joseph wrote:
>
> > Last night at 8:09 PM there was a pass of the ISS and Shuttle, low in
> > the north.  The Shuttle had undocked, so they were orbiting in tandem,
> > the shuttle 5 seconds ahead of the space station.  They were visible
> > in the same field in 8x40 binoculars.
>
> I wish I'd had binoculars.  From my viewing location (top of Summit
> Avenue, Brookline), there were low clouds, and I didn't see either of
> them until they were about mid-pass, about 8:11 PM.  My companion
> managed to see the shuttle better than I could.  It was quite dim.
>
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