Spacex CRS-6 Resupply mission to ISS - today @ 9.33pm.

CJmasgrande

Knifey Spoony wrote: »

https://twitter.com/SpaceXEngineer/status/588075066757361664

Wow wee that was fantastic!

Just watched it sailing across the sky from Clara Offaly!!!!!!!

I thought I filmed it but realised after failed to press the tiny record button

namloc1980

Saw it flying over! Could easily make out the Dragon and the second stage right behind it. Great sight.

thecommander

Stage 1 didn't make it according to Musk.
Edit: Old news it seems

irishgeo

namloc1980 wrote: »

Saw it flying over! Could easily make out the Dragon and the second stage right behind it. Great sight.

crap didnt realise it would be visible.

Knifey Spoony

Clear all day here and it's only now that clouds decide to roll in. :mad:

lord lucan

namloc1980 wrote: »

Saw it flying over! Could easily make out the Dragon and the second stage right behind it. Great sight.

Was a magnificent sight, been a while since I got excited by a rocket launch but that was excellent.

jimbis

Wow.... Just wow! That is the best sight I've ever seen of any passing. You could make out the solar arrays and everything.
Thank you Ireland for finally giving me a clear night

MoyVilla9

That was much clearer and not as low in the sky as it was made out to be. I didn't expect to see anything. Very cool to think something that was in Florida 18 minutes before is now passing over Ireland.

emo72

lord lucan wrote: »

Was a magnificent sight, been a while since I got excited by a rocket launch but that was excellent.

how low in the south was it? i was watching from dublin but no luck.

Bongalongherb

What time is the next spacex rocket pass-over for Ireland ?

lord lucan

emo72 wrote: »

how low in the south was it? i was watching from dublin but no luck.

I nearly missed it as I was expecting it to be low but it was quite high as far as I could see.

namloc1980

Went practically straight overhead here in Cork. Should have been really visible in Dublin.

irishgeo

anyone confirm if it will pass again tonight?

Simon Gruber Says

Popped my head out for a look and my timing was perfect, flew right over me. Looked awesome

Adam anto

I watched from Dublin and it went from SSW (ish) to E (ish). Very bright in the sky, thought I got the times mixed up and it was the ISS but no. At a real guess I'd say it was about 40 to 45 deg. Really stunning..

jimbis

emo72 wrote: »

how low in the south was it? i was watching from dublin but no luck.

My guess would be around 30 degree looking south.

namloc1980

lord lucan wrote: »

I nearly missed it as I was expecting it to be low but it was quite high as far as I could see.

Yeah I was looking south west and then had a quick look up and saw it zooming at about 80 degrees high.

Adam anto

irishgeo wrote: »

anyone confirm if it will pass again tonight?

As far as I know it won't pass again tonight but don't forget about ISS @10.05 :-)

circadian

Caught it whizzing past, the OH missed it though. Higher than expected. Can't wait for the next one!

irishgeo

ill make do with the memories of the shuttle launch pass over ireland, i seen a few years back.


ill stick the head out for the iss @10

Adam anto

irishgeo wrote: »

ill make do with the memories of the shuttle launch pass over ireland, i seen a few years back.


ill stick the head out for the iss @10

As far as I know, tomorrow will be a great one to see. The ISS flashing by with Dragon in close pursuit @ around 9.12

jimbis

irishgeo wrote: »

ill make do with the memories of the shuttle launch pass over ireland, i seen a few years back.


ill stick the head out for the iss @10

Not to make you feel bad for missing it, but that shuttle passing was the best thing I'd ever seen............ Until tonight's passing kicked it's ass

irishgeo

jimbis wrote: »

Not to make you feel bad for missing it, but that shuttle passing was the best thing I'd ever seen............ Until tonight's passing kicked it's ass

ill raise you the tour i done of nasa in cape Canaveral last year. hoping to time it so ill be over for a lauch next time.:D

Ghost Train

Another tweet about the landing
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/588082574183903232

irishgeo

no joy on iss, damn clouds.

hopefully its clear for tomorrow nights iss and dragon pass

Luke92

Right naked eye I seen something moving from west to east across the south of the sky, quite fast. Very brightly light and looked too far up to be a plane.

Any ideas what I was looking at?

It was just 5 minutes ago

Adam anto

Luke92 wrote: »

Right naked eye I seen something moving from west to east across the south of the sky, quite fast. Very brightly light and looked too far up to be a plane.

Any ideas what I was looking at?

It was just 5 minutes ago

Twas the Space Station

shedweller

ISS just passed. I had the telescope out so i thought i'd track it for the craic. What i thought were out of focus glare bits were actually the solar panels! I played with the focus as i tracked. I also took off the worm gear brakes and manhandled the scope along. It was at 40x magnification (1000mm/25mm) I think thats right.
Wow! That put a smile on my face i can tell ya!
Oh, the skies are lovely and clear and still!!

Luke92

Adam anto wrote: »

Twas the Space Station

Yep thought that! Had the app out and had my orientation all wrong! But just dawned on me that's what I was looking at!

Thanks

CJmasgrande

Luke92 wrote: »

Yep thought that! Had the app out and had my orientation all wrong! But just dawned on me that's what I was looking at!

Thanks

I noticed the rocket thing seemed to fly across same route that the ISS took.

Best ever up to tonight for me was the Evening the shuttle launch was live on Nasa TV on my iPad and same time seeing it fly across Ireland seconds after launch, the other was few years back seeing similar at about 10pm but was even more spectacular seeing the rocket break off the shuttle over Irish sky