ISS Back Tonight

space2ground1

If there's clear skies at the 4:10am pass, might we see the Soyuz that just launched chasing the station or will it have docked by then?

rolion

ISS !?? Guys,where is the sky,the stars and ... the MOON !!! ???
Haven't seen any for the past week and so.

shedweller

rolion wrote: »

ISS !?? Guys,where is the sky,the stars and ... the MOON !!! ???
Haven't seen any for the past week and so.

It's desperate. My telescope is gathering dust in the shed and even my kids said "i used to use it"
"Used"
Ah here lads!! Its a cloudy summer. I have a hard time seeing the sun!

Mountainsandh

Did you see the guy on Facebook Astronomy Ireland's pic of the Milky Way ? How and where the hell did he manage to get a glimpse ? :eek:

I'm in the bloody "sunny" South East and bar a quick hazy 2 minutes North view yesterday, I haven't seen the stars in a week or two.

_Tombstone_

Good long bright high pass coming up at 4am for the night owls.

shedweller

_Tombstone_ wrote: »

Good long bright high pass coming up at 4am for the night owls.

Thanks for the heads up. I was busy at work though. Hmph.

Oscar Bravo

First pass tonight starting in the WSW at 0259, lasting until 0304.
second pass 0434-0440, this is a bright pass with a magnitude of -3.4

_Tombstone_

Yer man Scott Kelly is taking some nice pics from the ISS, like this and this

_Tombstone_

RED 4K Camera Captures Riveting Footage of Unique Fluid Behavior in Space Laboratory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx0kvxqgC1c

shedweller

Haha! I was waiting for it to go BOOM! (of, course it wouldn't but still...)

Oscar Bravo

Passes tonight @ 0249-0254 and 0424-0430

Oscar Bravo

Passes tonight at 0331-0337(very bright pass) and 0508-0511(not as bright, further away)

_Tombstone_

ISS Instagram has good Pics aswell

https://instagram.com/p/5xBy_TNPgR/

Bahamas^^


NASA has one aswell, I don't know what they're getting up to though

https://instagram.com/p/5vOiMjIaGa/

We dropped a Cessna 172 from 100 feet today. With a thunderous rattle, the aircraft plowed into the soil as its windshield shattered, its wings wrenched off and its fuselage flipped -- tail over nose -- onto its back. Researchers were pleased. The controlled experiment that will help us improve aviation emergency response times. We’re developing next-gen search and rescue technology as part of an international effort involving members from 43 countries and organizations.

Hotblack Desiato

People forget that NASA is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and focus on the sexy Space bit.

They have done a great deal of research into atmospheric flight e.g. supercritical wings which all Airbus airliners use, winglets which all airliners are adopting, unstable flight and active controls, boundary layer control, that sort of thing.

shedweller

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

People forget that NASA is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and focus on the sexy Space bit.

They have done a great deal of research into atmospheric flight e.g. supercritical wings which all Airbus airliners use, winglets which all airliners are adopting, unstable flight and active controls, boundary layer control, that sort of thing.

I'm always envious when i see them doing crash tests. Imagine being paid to do that. To crash yokes into the ground. So envy.

Hotblack Desiato

shedweller wrote: »

I'm always envious when i see them doing crash tests. Imagine being paid to do that. To crash yokes into the ground. So envy.

Like this, the in-flight movie on Airplane! :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXZPf3-4B4k

Oscar Bravo

A very bright pass tonight @ 2306-2312. whether or not there is clear skies is another question!

shedweller

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

A very bright pass tonight @ 2306-2312. whether or not there is clear skies is another question!

There will be clear patches. They'll be going the same speed as the ISS. Now if they were going the same direction we'd be laughing!

Oscar Bravo

tonight, 2213-2219 and again at 2349-2354

Oscar Bravo

nice pass tonight at 2203-2210 ...less bright pass at 2340-2344

Ghost Train

must take a look

yellowlabrador

lovely bright pass straight overhead here in West cork

jprboy

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

nice pass tonight at 2203-2210 ...less bright pass at 2340-2344

Clicked into this thread at 22.04 and literally dived for the back door so saw most of the pass.

Best and longest one I've seen yet, was able to see it all the way until it disappeared.

Thanks, Oscar !

Ghost Train

nice clear sky, looked good

Mountainsandh

Spacewalk live Monday 10th !
http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/veteran-russian-cosmonauts-set-for-spacewalk-on-nasa-tv

keith16

Ghost Train wrote: »

nice clear sky, looked good

It was really impressive. I had the added bonus of some nice lightning flickering in the distance here in CH

Ghost Train

headed out again for 5 minutes, saw 3 satellites and 3 or four shooting stars, super clear sky tonight

keith16

Ghost Train wrote: »

headed out again for 5 minutes, saw 3 satellites and 3 or four shooting stars, super clear sky tonight

The sky is incredible here this evening. Same as you. Loads of satellites, shooting stars and that distant lightning is getting very close. No moon so nice and dark.

The silhouette of the mountains against the lightning is one of the most incredible sights I have ever witnessed.

Also, I am on my 5th can. This may be helping matters.

Detest

Clear skys last night and had a good view of it, along with a satellite.

Oscar Bravo

Bright pass from the ISS coming up now 2153-2200