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  1. 11-26-2009, 03:28 PM #1
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    Default ISS and Space Shuttle visible from earth

    I have seen this a few times and it was awesome seeing the space station from earth. For anyone interested it will be visible making passes over N. America every evening till Monday. Here is a NASA link on how to see it in your area.

    http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/sightings/

    So take your kids out in the backyard for 5 minutes and see something truly awesome...the very height of human technology.
    A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

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  2. 11-26-2009, 03:34 PM #2
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    Default Re: ISS and Space Shuttle visible from earth


    A NoGo for my neck of the woods...


    THE FOLLOWING ISS SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM TUE NOV 24 TO WED DEC 09

    SATELLITE
    LOCAL
    DURATION
    MAX ELEV
    APPROACH
    DEPARTURE
    DATE/TIME
    (MIN)
    (DEG)
    (DEG-DIR)
    (DEG-DIR)

    NO SIGHTINGS AVAILABLE


    THE FOLLOWING SHUTTLE SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM TUE NOV 24 TO FRI NOV 27
    SATELLITE
    LOCAL
    DURATION
    MAX ELEV
    APPROACH
    DEPARTURE
    DATE/TIME
    (MIN)
    (DEG)
    (DEG-DIR)
    (DEG-DIR)

    NO SIGHTINGS AVAILABLE





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  3. 11-26-2009, 04:10 PM #3
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    Default Re: ISS and Space Shuttle visible from earth

    Quote Originally Posted by lz_NorthPole View Post
    A NoGo for my neck of the woods...


    THE FOLLOWING ISS SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM TUE NOV 24 TO WED DEC 09

    SATELLITE
    LOCAL
    DURATION
    MAX ELEV
    APPROACH
    DEPARTURE

    DATE/TIME
    (MIN)
    (DEG)
    (DEG-DIR)
    (DEG-DIR)













    NO SIGHTINGS AVAILABLE


    THE FOLLOWING SHUTTLE SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM TUE NOV 24 TO FRI NOV 27
    SATELLITE
    LOCAL
    DURATION
    MAX ELEV
    APPROACH
    DEPARTURE

    DATE/TIME
    (MIN)
    (DEG)
    (DEG-DIR)
    (DEG-DIR)













    NO SIGHTINGS AVAILABLE


    Dude... Your at the North Pole...Ya'll can't see the sun for six months.
    Just joking...use the SkyWatch Applet at that site and maybe you can find a pass for your area.
    Here is what I came up with for AK...

    Local Time Azimuth Elevation Range Solar alt Solar Sep SRSS
    dow/mm/dd/hh:mm:ss Deg E of N Deg Miles Deg Deg Deg
    Sun-Nov-29@18:50:21
    Sun-Nov-29@18:50:41
    Sun-Nov-29@18:51:01
    Sun-Nov-29@18:51:21
    Sun-Nov-29@18:51:41
    Sun-Nov-29@18:52:01
    Sun-Nov-29@18:52:21
    Sun-Nov-29@18:52:41
    Sun-Nov-29@18:53:01
    		 341.0
    343.2
    346.1
    350.0
    355.3
    003.1
    014.7
    031.9
    054.6
    		 010.6
    013.2
    016.2
    019.8
    024.2
    029.5
    035.5
    041.1
    043.5
    		 00776
    00695
    00616
    00540
    00469
    00405
    00352
    00316
    00303
    		 003.4
    003.0
    002.6
    002.2
    001.8
    001.4
    001.0
    000.6
    000.3
    		 095.8
    098.5
    101.9
    106.3
    111.8
    119.1
    128.5
    139.5
    149.3
    		 -014.1
    -014.2
    -014.3
    -014.4
    -014.5
    -014.5
    -014.6
    -014.7
    -014.8
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    Default Re: ISS and Space Shuttle visible from earth

    Hell it's probably past my bed time anyway. I've been here so long now that if I go outside long enough to get cold I want some one to pay me for it.



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    Default Re: ISS and Space Shuttle visible from earth

    It cloudy here so I can't see anything.
    Bring on the Sizzler


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    Default Re: ISS and Space Shuttle visible from earth

    Quote Originally Posted by VB View Post
    It cloudy here so I can't see anything.
    Same for me.
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    Just caught it again...still amazing. Wonder how many idiots are gonna call in a UFO sighting.
    A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

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    Default Re: ISS and Space Shuttle visible from earth

    Just watch it on NASA TV...............
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