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The shuttle-ISS last night
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:27 am
by gsabc
The linked space shuttle and International Space Station passed directly overhead last night. I went outside to see it. It appeared as a very bright spot of light that moved steadily up the sky, passed overhead, then sank majestically toward the opposite horizon. About four minutes total for the transit. Seriously cool to watch.
No, I didn't wave.
Re: The shuttle-ISS last night
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:34 am
by Jeemie
gsabc wrote:The linked space shuttle and International Space Station passed directly overhead last night. I went outside to see it. It appeared as a very bright spot of light that moved steadily up the sky, passed overhead, then sank majestically toward the opposite horizon. About four minutes total for the transit. Seriously cool to watch.
No, I didn't wave.
I've done that before. Kinda cool.
Re: The shuttle-ISS last night
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 8:05 am
by megaaddict
I missed last night, but I've seen this before. Very cool. Also fun to see one following the other either just prior to docking or as shuttle prepares for re-entry.
Re: The shuttle-ISS last night
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:56 pm
by tanstaafl2
I have done that once or twice as well. Also been lucky enough to see a couple of shuttle launches as well. But one of the neatest things to see to me was when I watched the 747 with the shuttle riding piggy back land at Lackland AFB in San Antonio on the way back from California (when it still landed at Edwards AFB with some regularity) to the Cape.
Pretty impressive!
Re: The shuttle-ISS last night
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 7:38 am
by tubadave
tanstaafl2 wrote:I have done that once or twice as well. Also been lucky enough to see a couple of shuttle launches as well. But one of the neatest things to see to me was when I watched the 747 with the shuttle riding piggy back land at Lackland AFB in San Antonio on the way back from California (when it still landed at Edwards AFB with some regularity) to the Cape.
Pretty impressive!
I got to see the shuttle riding on a 747 back in the early 80's....I was about 8 or 9, I think. I don't even know for sure which AFB it was, but it's a favorite memory of mine, nonetheless.
I also got to see the ISS pass overhead in the summer of 2007, when I was pulling the 4am shift at work. A co-worker of mine had looked it up, and we ran outside sometime after 5:00 am to see it.