Space Shuttle/ISS sighting

[runestone]

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/

I went out last night here in WA state and they were very bright, lasting about 2 minutes overhead. Always kinda cool to see the shuttle.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: runestone
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/

I went out last night here in WA state and they were very bright, lasting about 2 minutes overhead. Always kinda cool to see the shuttle.

Crap, I forgot tonight was the launch date after the last postponement!

 

[runestone]

Just returned from the great outside- was lucky enough to have hardly any clouds here and watched it for about a minute, a very orange-ish colour this time.
Binoculars reveal no detail; still a thrill to me to watch it pass overhead at 17,500 mph at 190 nm above us.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: runestone
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/

I went out last night here in WA state and they were very bright, lasting about 2 minutes overhead. Always kinda cool to see the shuttle.

Crap, I forgot tonight was the launch date after the last postponement!

It launched last week. It's just visible in orbit.

 

[Spacehead]

It's been a couple since i've tried but i could see a little detail out of my 8" scope. Hard to track manually. With all the additions & the new solar panels i bet it's quite a bit brighter now.
It's cool when the shuttle undocks & you can see both following one another.

 

[mchammer]

I heard there was a bat hanging on the shuttle. That guy is bad ass.