[tcb] Re: international space station
- From: thingmon@xxxxxxxxx
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 10:49:41 -0800 (PST)
It's even more cool when you know someone on it. Last summer I was with ~20
Boy Scouts sitting at the edge of a lake in east Texas when a friend (one of
the Scout's dad) was on a shuttle mission to the station. We were able to see
both the station and shuttle pass over just after they detached. 17,000 mph.
It's quick.
Here's a link to the NASA satellite sightings site (lists ISS flyovers too),
just click through to a location close to you. If you're between two, check
both and extrapolate the difference:
http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/skywatch.cgi?country=United+States
Degree listings are from the horizon. Horizon is 0 deg, straight up is 90
deg.
Your tax dollars at work... Enjoy ;-)
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From: treyjung <treyjung@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, February 6, 2009 10:39:23 AM
Subject: [tcb] international space station
I was thinking of Denis Wednesday night as I watched the ISS flew over Houston
at 7 pm. pretty cool to see if with Binoculars but a Telescope would have been
better.
It’s flying over again tonight around 6:15 pm (N –NW to S-SE)
So look up –its bright.
Trey
Science Class President 4th grade
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