Thanks for the heads-up, Tom. I pulled the car over at 9:06 pm tonight and and the kids and I were treated to an excellent sight of the ISS and the Shuttle moving slowly out of the northeast. It's the first time I've seen them both traveling together, and definitely a first for the kids. They were actually pretty close to each other--I estimated them to be about 4.5 seconds apart. The brightest was in front, which I would have assumed to be the space station except you and Heavens-Above have noted differently...perhaps it was a matter of perspective. My daughter was especially excited to see it and we had a nice discussion about how long they take to orbit the Earth, how the ISS is kept supplied and how long astronauts stay up their before they are relieved by the shuttle or a Russian capsule. She decided that floating around in a couple cramped cylinders for several weeks or months at a spell was not for her and that she'd keep her feet planted on the ground thankyouverymuch. My son thought it would be pretty awesome though =) Thanks again for the note, Jeremy On Jun 19, 2007, at 12:38 PM, Tom Polakis wrote: > The Orbiter and the ISS undocked this morning, and will both make > low-altitude passes over Arizona skies tonight. Heavens Above > shows a maximum altitude of 12 degrees above the north-northeast > horizon for Tempe for both craft. The Shuttle Orbiter passes over > at 9:06:11 MST, and it followed by the ISS 18 seconds later at > 9:06:29 MST. It looks like the prospects for seeing both in the > sky at the same time are slim. > > Since the closest point on the ground track is in Colorado, the > altitudes will be higher for those who live farther north or east > in Arizona. > > Tom > -- > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and > please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.