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Posted: 7/28/2017 1:07:56 AM EDT
Rarely do I get an opportunity to see the Space Station.
Sitting on our back deck cooling down after the day I spotted a very bright light moving steady and fast coming up from the West horizon. First thing I thought was it has to be the ISS. As it got directly overhead it was more than just a bright light, you could even see that it had shape ! Man that spacecraft is huge ! The orientation of it with the Sun made it a spectacular sight, fantastic view. Came in to double check on the "Where is the ISS ?" site, and confirmed that it exactly as I called it. Yeah I know, CSB, but it was my best viewing of the ISS ever. 
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Posted: 7/28/2017 1:08:58 AM EDT
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Seen it a couple times, pretty awesome
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Posted: 7/28/2017 1:15:59 AM EDT
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Best one I ever saw was watching the ISS pass over with the Shuttle following right behind it.
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Posted: 7/28/2017 1:16:35 AM EDT
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Did you have some ISS matzo, to celebrate?
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Posted: 7/28/2017 1:17:17 AM EDT
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...or a Nork ICBM test.
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Posted: 7/28/2017 1:18:25 AM EDT
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Best one I ever saw was watching the ISS pass over with the Shuttle following right behind it. |
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Posted: 7/28/2017 1:36:14 AM EDT
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Did you have some ISS matzo, to celebrate? |
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Posted: 7/28/2017 1:54:52 AM EDT
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https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/
Sign up for text alerts for your location. Has been fun for us and is spot on for times. |
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Posted: 7/28/2017 2:25:30 AM EDT
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Some day I'd like to make contact with one of the astronauts via ham radio. They get on the air once in a while.
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Posted: 7/28/2017 2:51:00 AM EDT
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http://www.issabove.com/purchase/iss-above-hd
Device you can buy which blinks when the ISS is overhead... and if you plug it into a TV will display the live video feed from the ISS if it's available. |
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Posted: 7/28/2017 2:53:23 AM EDT
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Get your amateur radio licenses and you can talk to them.
http://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html |
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Posted: 7/28/2017 2:57:24 AM EDT
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that's no space station...it's a ....
nevermind. its a space station. |
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Posted: 7/28/2017 3:01:27 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/28/2017 3:08:36 AM EDT
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Outstanding! I've had a hand in building a lot of parts for it, but never seen it.
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Posted: 7/28/2017 3:16:52 AM EDT
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https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/ Sign up for text alerts for your location. Has been fun for us and is spot on for times. 
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Posted: 7/28/2017 4:17:08 AM EDT
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Its really fast. I see it every few weeks, being a third shifter and all. I check the tracking site to see when another good pass over 5 minutes will come.
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Posted: 7/28/2017 5:59:12 AM EDT
[#16]
I saw it the other night for the first time.
Very neat |
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Posted: 7/28/2017 6:08:26 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/28/2017 6:59:26 AM EDT
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I work with a lot of people who work on the ISS at Mission Control.
Always Nice folks. I was amazed at how old / obsolete the computer systems are on it... Since every time you see a Sci-Fi show NASA has all sorts of high falutin state of the art computers... (that's how you know the show if Science FICTION  )
It would sure be awesome if we could get up and back to the ISS on our own, instead of having to beg an Uber from Russia to come or go... THAT is the REAL "Russia Scandal" in my own humble opinion... |
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Posted: 7/28/2017 7:08:52 AM EDT
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Best one I ever saw was watching the ISS pass over with the Shuttle following right behind it. We watched when the shuttle was supposed to return to earth then the return was delayed. It was closely behind the ISS. The next night the shuttle was trailing even further behind. Pretty cool. |
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Posted: 7/28/2017 7:19:52 AM EDT
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Best one I ever saw was watching the ISS pass over with the Shuttle following right behind it. One of my favorite things to do with NVG's is watch satellites fly over. |
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Posted: 7/28/2017 7:23:51 AM EDT
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Got to see the space shuttle re-enter the atmosphere above Austin one day. Middle of the day and it was glowing so bright. Very impressive.
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Posted: 7/28/2017 7:36:57 AM EDT
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I try to watch it everytime it goes over
Its usually cloudy though 
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Posted: 7/28/2017 8:59:18 AM EDT
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Saw it a couple of times this week. Good weather helps! I use ISS Finder on my iPhone. It is accurate as heck. Pretty cool standing in my driveway watching it fly overhead. I especially like it when it occasionally fades from sight as it passes into Earth's shadow. I've only seen that once.
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Posted: 7/28/2017 9:02:31 AM EDT
[#24]
@fredman has some great shots of transits
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Posted: 7/28/2017 9:03:54 AM EDT
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Best one I ever saw was watching the ISS pass over with the Shuttle following right behind it. For me it was Discovery, on its final mission, after I returned from watching the launch. I believe it was the final 2 orbits Discovery would make over my area. |
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Posted: 7/28/2017 11:48:17 AM EDT
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I work with a lot of people who work on the ISS at Mission Control. Always Nice folks. I was amazed at how old / obsolete the computer systems are on it... Since every time you see a Sci-Fi show NASA has all sorts of high falutin state of the art computers... (that's how you know the show if Science FICTION )
It would sure be awesome if we could get up and back to the ISS on our own, instead of having to beg an Uber from Russia to come or go... THAT is the REAL "Russia Scandal" in my own humble opinion... SLS |
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Posted: 7/28/2017 12:00:17 PM EDT
[#27]
I recently got to spend some time on the floor at mission control watching the ISS, it was pretty cool.
.  Attached File |
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Posted: 7/28/2017 12:06:07 PM EDT
[#28]
I wondered if that is what we saw one night. It was very bright. I've seen satellites before but this was lot larger.
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Posted: 7/28/2017 12:17:00 PM EDT
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I like this site for timing the ISS passes.
Current position etc. |
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Posted: 7/28/2017 5:50:20 PM EDT
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 NASA Live: Official Stream of NASA TV Live Now. Soyuz which launched this morning docking to the ISS. |
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Posted: 7/28/2017 5:51:38 PM EDT
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I once caught it for a few seconds in a 90 mm telescope at about 30x magnification. It was spectacular, the solar panels clearly visible.
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Posted: 7/28/2017 6:12:04 PM EDT
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Did somebody say ISS Transit? My specialty
Crappy picture of the ISS itself. Damn thing is hard to photograph. Or maybe it's a TIE Fighter.  ISS by FredMan, on Flickr
 ISS Stack 2016-10-16_01 by FredMan, on Flickr
 ISS Transit 2016-10-17 by FredMan, on Flickr
 ISS Transit 20121201 Depart by FredMan, on Flickr
 ISS Transit 20161220 Edit by FredMan, on Flickr
 ISS Transit 20170130 by FredMan, on Flickr
 ISS Transit 20170202 by FredMan, on Flickr
 ISS Transit 20170525 by FredMan, on Flickr
 ISS Transit 20170526 by FredMan, on Flickr
And my piece de resistance, a Big Island Hawaii transit.  Big Island ISS Transit 20170227 by FredMan, on Flickr
And hell, for good measure, here's a rocket launch out of Wallops. Gap is the coasting period between the 1st and 2nd stages.  DSC_9327_01_Antares Launch 2016-10-17 by FredMan, on Flickr
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Posted: 7/29/2017 12:06:46 AM EDT
[#33]
I think I just saw it north of here in the night sky! Pretty cool.
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Posted: 7/29/2017 12:23:35 AM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Best one I ever saw was watching the ISS pass over with the Shuttle following right behind it. 
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Posted: 7/29/2017 4:41:37 AM EDT
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https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/ Sign up for text alerts for your location. Has been fun for us and is spot on for times. |
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Posted: 7/29/2017 10:12:46 PM EDT
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Tonight's transit. Low on the horizon (11 degrees). About 4/10 the way up the frame, flat faint arc. Moon was out, sun was kicking up the last vestiges of the day, and light pollution from the shopping complex 7 miles west.
Last night was perfect; almost directly overhead. But I didn't check the website and had just got done shooting the sunset so the camera wasn't set up.  ISS Transit 20170729 by FredMan, on Flickr
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Posted: 8/23/2017 6:51:21 PM EDT
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Not long after I got my ham ticket in 97, I was able to hear a pre-recorded message in several languages from this.
RS-17 was a scale model satellite built by high school students to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the launching of Sputnik I. It was launched by hand on November 4, 1997 by Russian cosmonauts from the MIR space station. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 7:06:03 PM EDT
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Anyone know why its orbit is like that?
I'm imagining the map superimposed on the globe, and it still isn't making sense to me. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 9:04:00 PM EDT
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Anyone know why its orbit is like that? I'm imagining the map superimposed on the globe, and it still isn't making sense to me. As for why it progresses around and isn't always going over the same places on the ground... The Earth is rotating underneath it. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 9:08:59 PM EDT
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Rarely do I get an opportunity to see the Space Station. Sitting on our back deck cooling down after the day I spotted a very bright light moving steady and fast coming up from the West horizon. First thing I thought was it has to be the ISS. As it got directly overhead it was more than just a bright light, you could even see that it had shape ! Man that spacecraft is huge ! The orientation of it with the Sun made it a spectacular sight, fantastic view. Came in to double check on the "Where is the ISS ?" site, and confirmed that it exactly as I called it. Yeah I know, CSB, but it was my best viewing of the ISS ever. Check this out |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 9:39:55 PM EDT
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Best one I ever saw was watching the ISS pass over with the Shuttle following right behind it. https://spotthestation.nasa.gov |
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Posted: 8/29/2017 8:30:28 PM EDT
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Found this very cool site that will plot ISS transits of the sun and moon.
For you photo buffs out there... Transit Finder |
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Posted: 8/29/2017 8:35:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Found this very cool site that will plot ISS transits of the sun and moon. For you photo buffs out there... Transit Finder 
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Posted: 8/29/2017 8:41:55 PM EDT
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My wife was outside with the dog the last time the space shuttle undocked from the space station before returning home after its last flight.
Said she saw it streaking across the sky and then the two separated and she saw the burn of the shuttle. |
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Posted: 8/29/2017 8:43:44 PM EDT
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My wife was outside with the dog the last time the space shuttle undocked from the space station before returning home after its last flight. Said she saw it streaking across the sky and then the two separated and she saw the burn of the shuttle.
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Posted: 8/29/2017 8:46:41 PM EDT
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Every once in a while we have chance to be reminded that despite all our petty bullshit, occasionally we as human beings can be pretty cool.
NASA thanks you for your donation 
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Posted: 8/29/2017 8:50:45 PM EDT
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I talked briefly to the MIR on 145.550 in the 1990s while driving using nothing but a 1/4 wave antenna and a 50 watt Kenwood. That was a bit of a surprise.
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Posted: 8/29/2017 9:01:48 PM EDT
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I wondered if that is what we saw one night. It was very bright. I've seen satellites before but this was lot larger. |
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Posted: 8/29/2017 9:05:26 PM EDT
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Lucky. I've only seen one shuttle overhead that I'm aware of. It was the breakup of Columbia. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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My wife was outside with the dog the last time the space shuttle undocked from the space station before returning home after its last flight. Said she saw it streaking across the sky and then the two separated and she saw the burn of the shuttle. She didn't realize what she saw until she came in and saw a news story that the space shuttle just had undocked from the ISS for the last time. Screw you obama. |
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Posted: 8/29/2017 9:09:25 PM EDT
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I talked briefly to the MIR on 145.550 in the 1990s while driving using nothing but a 1/4 wave antenna and a 50 watt Kenwood. That was a bit of a surprise. 
Got to put you on the spot then..... You talked to astronauts, via radio, while they where in orbit? |
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