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Virgil
12-19-2006, 07:14 PM
Hey, I just spotted the space station going across the sky here about ten minutes ago. Really cool!!! It went across from the western horizon over to the northern in about three minutes. Essentially all i could see was a speck of light, but it was different shape than an airplane. It seemed to float across the sky rather than propelled across like an airplane. Here's an article and a link there may help you see if it crosses your sky.


Spot Shuttle and Space Station Tonight
Author Robert Roy Britt

Many people in North America might have a chance to see the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle tonight during twilight shortly after they separate.

The question is whether they’ll appear as one point of light or two.

SPACE.com’s Skywatching Columnist Joe Rao told subscribers to his newsletter that they might be too close together to be seen as separate objects with the naked eye. Binoculars should reveal the pair as two distinct moving points of light, Rao figures.

Find out when to watch at this NASA site.

> Complete mission coverage.
http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/12/19/spot-shuttle-and-space-station-tonight/
Misscaroline
12-19-2006, 07:18 PM
That's awesome (not AWFUL, Shouty) Virg! I used to want to go up there when I was younger, until I realized that ties to my family and not the danger would make me back down...
Virgil
12-19-2006, 07:19 PM
Here are some images from google on it:

http://files.myopera.com/Mathilda/albums/42812/thumbs/NASA%20Russia's%20Mir%20Space%20Station%20from%20S pace%20Shuttle%20Atlantis.jpg_thumb.jpg


http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/9807/mir_sts89_big.jpg


http://files.myopera.com/Mathilda/albums/42812/NASA%20Russia's%20Mir%20Space%20Station%20from%20S pace%20Shuttle%20Atlantis.jpg


http://www.swissinfo.org/xobix_media/images/reuters/2006/reuters_20060715-162717-450x320-001.jpg
mir
12-19-2006, 07:49 PM
Just passing through . . . :D
Misscaroline
12-19-2006, 07:51 PM
...:confused:... Ok, hi mir...
Virgil
12-19-2006, 08:16 PM
Just passing through . . . :D

Oh is that what you named yourself after?
Misscaroline
12-19-2006, 08:42 PM
Oh, geez, wow. I can be really dense when I'm distracted... If that's true, mir, kudos! If not, then I will be going back into my stupor of homework...Excuse me...Integrate....derivatives...~grrrr~