[AZ-Observing] Re: Flare+HST+SS

On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 00:27:48 -0700, Kevin Bays wrote:

> Great star party at Sentinel, and the facilities were marvelous.  Is this
> space shuttle pass you are referring to at 6:00 on Tuesday the reentry of
> the shuttle, or merely an orbital pass?
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Paul Dickson <dickson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 7:52 AM
> Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Flare+HST+SS
>
> >
> > I watched portions of the 2nd, 4th, and 5th spacewalks to service the HST
> > live on NASA TV via the web:
> >
> >     http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/rrg2.pl?encoder/nasatv.rm
> >
> > I watched at 3:04 this morning when the let go of HST and slowly moved
> > away.  At about 6:10, three manuevering burns later, I was outside and
> > watch the HST and the Space Shuttle move from the WSW to SSE.  They were
> > already separated by a good 15 degrees.
> >
> > The space shuttle is scheduled for a landing at KSC on Tuesday morning
> > around 2 or 3 AM MST.  Anyone know if the reentry pass is visible from
> > Arizona?  I think it may be, but low in the SE for Phoenix.

Jack was refering to last Tuesday morning in his message.  In about 5-6
hours the shuttle lands.

        -Paul
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