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Flyaround in HD on my youtube channel  :)



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From Toronto.

I have a big waterspot on my lens :(
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Discovery was amazingly bright when I saw it tonight as it passed over Elmsford, New York at 7pm EST.  I captured her riding just ahead of the ISS, with Cassiopeia looking on.  I was on my way to a meeting and hastily set up the tripod and my Canon XS, pointed and shot a few exposures. 
I also posted the photo on my blog at
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Was walking home and knew there would be an ISS/Discovery flyover at 6.55.  Couldn't make it home in time to get my camera set up - was about 10 mins from home when I looked up in the North West sky and saw Discovery leading the way and the ISS about 10 degrees behind.  Considering I was under street lights, I was surprised how bright Discovery was (not as bright as the ISS, but still....)
Beautiful!  I look at the ISS flying overhead all the time, but tonight was special.
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Brandi interviewing a team member, Melinda Redford (I hope I spelled that correctly).
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Thanks for the screenshots of Brian's send off... I remember working with him as a Propulsion (PROP) Officer on many a Shuttle mission.

He is a consummate professional and, while this is a sad, but inevitable, byproduct of the Shuttle program winding down, I'm glad that Brian is stepping down on *his* terms.

Concur Roger. He has been a great sevant to MOD.
Wish I could have stayed for the send off today, but it looks like it was nice.

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Thanks to everyone for all the images you are sharing, just awesome to see!!!! ;D
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Couldn't make it home in time to get my camera set up - was about 10 mins from home when I looked up in the North West sky and saw Discovery leading the way and the ISS about 10 degrees behind. 

Just curious, about how many miles of separation was that?

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We had a snowstorm tonight here in the Wasatch Front :(

Hoping tomorrow is clear - it'll be Last Chance Saloon to see Discovery flying with my own eyes.
I'll even excitedly look forward to "flags and footprints" and suborbital missions. Just fly...somewhere.

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Nice, but quick, pass over Phoenix metro tonight.  Through binoculars, bright white Discovery, followed by yellow/orange ISS.  Hoping for another clear night tomorrow.

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Couldn't make it home in time to get my camera set up - was about 10 mins from home when I looked up in the North West sky and saw Discovery leading the way and the ISS about 10 degrees behind. 

Just curious, about how many miles of separation was that?


I think they were closer than 10 degrees. To me it looked like seven moon-widths or 3.5 degrees. Call it 4 degrees. According to www.heavens-above.com they were 500 km or 300 miles from my location at closest approach.

So 300*tan(4) = (300)(.07) = 21 miles.

Also, ISS seemed about six seconds behind Discovery. At 5 miles per second that’s 30 miles.

So 20 to 30 miles.

This was the best pass I’ve seen since STS-123 (Endeavour) undocked and ATV-1 was trailing behind. At the time ISS and the shuttle were about equal in brightness and I couldn’t tell them apart. But this great string of three spacecraft went by in about a ten minute period.


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This image was so stunning!  Here's one from a similar point in the flyaround, captured from klausd's HD youtube video.
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Thanks for the pictures of Discovery & Iss passing over last night. I am a bit sad since I had no chance to see and picture the pair myself again yesterday since I was not home at the time of the pass above Europe.

But farewell Discovery and see you in the museum!

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From Toronto.

I have a big waterspot on my lens :(


Nice one! That's Toronto FC's home stadium in MLS!

(Can't beat proper football ;))
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From Toronto.

I have a big waterspot on my lens :(


Nice one! That's Toronto FC's home stadium in MLS!

(Can't beat proper football ;))

Yeah it is. FC Dallas should have won the championship last season.


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As fate would have it, it was overcast here at the time of the pass...

but sure enough, a sucker hole opened up in the right spot and I saw Discovery trailed by ISS with about the same separation as discussed here (01:01UTC).  Awesome!
Hail Discovery, and Happy Landings!


Couldn't make it home in time to get my camera set up - was about 10 mins from home when I looked up in the North West sky and saw Discovery leading the way and the ISS about 10 degrees behind. 

Just curious, about how many miles of separation was that?


I think they were closer than 10 degrees. To me it looked like seven moon-widths or 3.5 degrees. Call it 4 degrees. According to www.heavens-above.com they were 500 km or 300 miles from my location at closest approach.

So 300*tan(4) = (300)(.07) = 21 miles.

Also, ISS seemed about six seconds behind Discovery. At 5 miles per second that’s 30 miles.

So 20 to 30 miles.

This was the best pass I’ve seen since STS-123 (Endeavour) undocked and ATV-1 was trailing behind. At the time ISS and the shuttle were about equal in brightness and I couldn’t tell them apart. But this great string of three spacecraft went by in about a ten minute period.



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