If you happen to be reading right now, go to NASA TV to see the live docking of the space shuttle with the space station. They’re approaching each other slowly: at about 3 cm/second.
h/t: Matthew Cobb
Live docking of space shuttle: don’t miss.
July 10, 2011 • 7:59 am
I don’t know what is more amazing. The fact that we are up there, or the fact that there are still people that genuinely believe the Earth is flat and this is an elaborate hoax.
What Jerry didn’t post was that for the full experience, you needed to watch the Atlantis/ISS live feed in one window (they’ve docked now), and how it was done way back in 2001 – much quicker, much bigger, and with music!
http://youtu.be/q3oHmVhviO8
It was only recently that I realized it’s not that hard to see the ISS pass overhead (at least where I’m living -Florida-).
I use this link to find the right date/time/elevation/heading: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/skywatch.cgi?country=United+States
The first time I saw it glide by overhead, I was awestruck!
(Unfortunately for Jerry, Chicago is not a good place for these kinds of observations: I just checked, and none are mentioned. Not sure the ISS EVER comes over there).
Wow! Thank you so much… thrilled to be watching……..
I LOVE space! It is – just so exciting! I grew up with the Apollo missions and when I come to think of it it was the thing that got me reading the newspaper. I doubt I would have taken to doing that otherwise, so thank you to NASA, and Роскосмос. London will get a Gagarin statue this week –
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12975006
I was home all day, and watched a lot of NASA TV. Watching the maneuver (“back flip”) to provide a view of the tiles on the underside, it really, really needed The Blue Danube as a sound track.