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#380
by
Ford Mustang
on 20 Jun, 2007 01:42
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Pic 1: 3...
Pic 2: 2...
Pic 3: 1...
Pic 4: CONTACT!
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#381
by
Ford Mustang
on 20 Jun, 2007 01:43
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Pic 1: An.. almost perfect.. marble shape juice ball!
Pic 2: Lifesaver in a water-ball
Pic 3: Looks strangely like an eye-ball!
Pic 4: Good catch, Suni! There's some water floating around, still.. get it!
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#382
by
Ford Mustang
on 20 Jun, 2007 01:44
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Pic 1: Far away picture of the ISS. Around 9 miles away
Pic 2: Steve Swanson going over a checklist, making sure things are going as planned
Pic 3: Danny O looking out the window at Earth, making sure the surveys are going good
Pic 4: Another program that is essential to surveys in space
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#383
by
Ford Mustang
on 20 Jun, 2007 01:45
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Pic 1: Pat looking out the aft window, into the payload bay
Pic 2: Sequential pictures of the 'payload' spider
Pic 3: Just a loose washer that held blankets in the payload bay
Pic 4: Sequential photos sent to the ground for further inspection
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#384
by
Ford Mustang
on 20 Jun, 2007 01:45
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Pic 1: Danny O looking out the window, making sure the OBSS is on track to a good berthing
Pic 2: The OBSS is berth'd for a final time!
Pic 3: Danny O making sure the OBSS is berth'd, and moving the RMS to its proper position
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#385
by
Ford Mustang
on 20 Jun, 2007 01:46
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Pic 1: Praise given to the 117 crew for the fantastic highlights
Pic 2: Orbit 2 director says goodbye, as he is going to watch the weather for landing
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#386
by
USFJoseph
on 20 Jun, 2007 02:08
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Any chance someone has a capture of the video?
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#387
by
Chris Bergin
on 20 Jun, 2007 02:33
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#388
by
backspace
on 20 Jun, 2007 02:39
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Amazing pass over my house just now, nearly as bright as Venus... what a view!
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#389
by
stockman
on 20 Jun, 2007 02:39
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Another wonderful pass tonight = 10:30 EST from southern Ontario. Saw two beautiful bright lights following each other in a nice straight line. They seemed to be about 2 - 3 seconds apart (the only useful distance measurement I have.... ie it took the shuttle about 2 -3 seconds to reach the same point in the sky as the station did). Best and last decent pass for a while. From my perspective the station opp's start to get worse and then pick up again in mid july.
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#390
by
backspace
on 20 Jun, 2007 02:40
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Stockman, I'm in wyandotte across from Amherstberg - was that a beauty or what?
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#391
by
lcs
on 20 Jun, 2007 02:42
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Strange, the tracking map on NASA TV shows the shuttle thousands of miles ahead of the ISS. Actually it is only about 10 miles...I just saw them both flying over Charlottesville, Va. Very bright in between clouds.
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#392
by
stockman
on 20 Jun, 2007 02:43
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backspace - 19/6/2007 10:40 PM
Stockman, I'm in wyandotte across from Amherstberg - was that a beauty or what?
It was fantastic. I had to struggle with it through broken clouds but there was enough clear sky to follow it for quite a while. Nice and bright and watching the two of them move in tandem really was impressive. I am in souther ontario along the southern shore of Lake ontario.
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#393
by
daveglo
on 20 Jun, 2007 02:43
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Beautiful overhead pass (25 deg above horizon) in central Illinois, station and shuttle in formation, station leading by an apparent 5 deg, and the station was about twice as bright.
Wow, what a sight. If you're lucky enough to have the opportunity, it's worth it!
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#394
by
Ford Mustang
on 20 Jun, 2007 02:43
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I just saw it, for the first time. I screamed. I woke up two people! About 90 degrees in the sky.. I can't believe that fact, either! WONDERFUL!
Looked to be mere feet away from the other.. But it was MILES! Wow! I can't believe they were miles apart!
I'll remember this for the REST of my life!
P.S. I'm shaking right now. That was GREAT!
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#395
by
jmjawors
on 20 Jun, 2007 02:48
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Just saw ISS and Atlantis pass overhead. Super bright and lasted longer in the sky than predicted by NASA. Question:
At this point after undocking, which spacecraft would appear to be "in the lead?"
The reason I ask is that right on schedule the ISS appeared. Following it was a dimmer speck... Atlantis! I'd forgotten that I might be able to see Atlantis, so it was a real bonus (can you tell I'm excited?)!
So I assumed that the brighter was ISS and the dimmer was Atlantis, but then I saw Atlantis flash... really really brightly. Definitely the brightest thing in the sky by far for just a fraction of a second. I know ISS flashes due to her solar arrays, but Atlantis?
I guess I've just never seen anything like it before. I wondered if it was an engine firing, but I know they should be getting to bed by now (plus, I'd not heard of any planned engine firings).
Ok... I'll settle down now. But any thoughts about what I may have seen? Just a random reflection off the radiators or something?
EDIT :: As I was typing, all these other guys saw it too. I'm glad. Anyone see the flash? Bright as day here in St. Louis (literally!)
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#396
by
lcs
on 20 Jun, 2007 02:51
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The shuttle should be leading the ISS, since it is in a lower and faster orbit.
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#397
by
Ford Mustang
on 20 Jun, 2007 02:52
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From the pictures, it looks like the shuttle would be in front (the crew highlights).. And off of the NASA TV World Map view. Not positive, but I think that Atlantis is in front.
Edit: Yes, I saw.. two.. flashes. Not sure if one was lightning or not, but.. I did see one coming from the ISS and Atlantis pair.
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#398
by
MKremer
on 20 Jun, 2007 02:52
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ISS should be ahead.
Nope, you're right - Atlantis is ahead.
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#399
by
Ford Mustang
on 20 Jun, 2007 02:54
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City lights from the Payload bay of Atlantis!
