Comments on: ISS and Shuttle images!

By: Belcavitch

Belcavitch — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:45:22 +0000

this is amazing our family just saw the ISS pass over our house this is something we will be looking forward to in the days to come, something we never new about truly amazing!

By: jill

jill — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:35:52 +0000

do you know how many miles away from earth the space shuttle was when you saw it?
thanks!

By: from the mind of Phord » Blog Archive » STS-117 and ISS flying in tandem

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:51:05 +0000

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By: Phil Hord

Phil Hord — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:32:39 +0000

Nice shot. I should have thought to use flash in mine to illuminate the trees better. Here it is:
http://www.philhord.com/phord/sts-117-and-iss-flying-in-tandem/

Click the photo for the full image.

By: k-man

k-man — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:59:22 +0000

Thanks, Phil – I finally decided to try some sky shots – and was very pleased with the results ( http://flickr.com/photos/kaufman/584948423/ ). Like Kevin, I wasn’t expecting to see the shuttle, either – heavens-above.com stopped showing times for it. It’s definitely something that I’m going to start doing more of!.

By: The Bad Astronomer

The Bad Astronomer — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:39:53 +0000

The camera I have is an off-the-shelf digital camera with 5 Megapixels. Shots like this aren’t too hard to get. I have a nice tripod, and I had the camera set manually for time exposures at f/5.6. Any decent digital camera should do well, and if you have a film SLR you can do a lot better, too.

By: Kevin in Downingtown

Kevin in Downingtown — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:30:34 +0000

I checked heavens above, and sure enough, ISS was flying over Pennsylvania at 21:42. Took the kids out to a nearby soccer field with a great view all around, and saw the ISS flying West to East… then about a minute or two later, we see another object right behind… I thought maybe it was another satellite… it definitely disappeared at the same point in the sky that the ISS did, so I new it was something in orbit. So when we came back, I checked heavens above, and eventually read that the shuttle didn’t land thursday as expected… what do you know, we saw the shuttle, too! Thanks for the tip, but it brought up some intesting discussions about planets and space… we never did anything like this before, but I think we will be in the future… I’m going to look into a good pair of binoc’s to start with, and maybe later a telescope.

By: Charlie in Dayton

Charlie in Dayton — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:17:05 +0000

Was over at Mom’s last nite to haul the trash to the curb, and noodged her enough to come out in the yard to watch the ISS pass. Didn’t even think of the Shuttle being close…we got us a twofer on that one…

Fascinating and utterly beautiful…Venus…Saturn…Denebola…the Moon…Arcturus…Antares…Jupiter…and the ISS and Shuttle shootin’ right through them all…

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Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:48:08 +0000

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By: Motorcycle Guy

Motorcycle Guy — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:05:03 +0000

Wow you must have a pretty good camera to get pictures like that.

By: Matt S.

Matt S. — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:48:57 +0000

Was the ISS in front of the shuttle, or vice-versa? I assumed the shuttle was in front when I saw them Thursday night because Heavens-Above.com showed the shuttle as 0.5 magnitude brighter than the ISS, and the brighter one was out in front.

Can anyone clarify this? Was heavens-above just plain wrong?

By: fak3r

fak3r — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:58:53 +0000

Great shots, thanks for sharing. I saw the shuttle lift off from a distance once when I was in Daytona Beach, and when I lived in Austin I once saw the shuttle on approach streak across Texas – ran inside and saw the landing live minutes later back in Florida. Both were very cool, I’d like to see them overhead next time!

By: R S James

R S James — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:10:06 +0000

Had my brain off last night. I was in a friend’s driveway at about 9:25 EDT, and it was still pretty light out. We saw two bright spots moving in tandem and made a comment about “two planes following each other.” We were near an airport, so seeing planes on approach with landing lights is pretty common. I thought about the fact they were too close together for landing. I thought about the fact they were too far apart for military formation flying. I thought about the fact that they were at the wrong altitude and location for landing. I thought about the fact that they were not moving towards me (You only see the landing lights when the plane heads towards you.) I knew the shuttle had just undocked from the ISS, and what’s more, yeasterday afternoon I had thought about Thierry Legault’s photo of Atlantis and the ISS against the sun! Did I put any of this together last night? Nope, not ’till this morning when I looked at the photos on the BA blog. Like I said, my brain was off last night!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:48:13 +0000

Great shots… they almost look cartoony, I love it.

By: Max Fagin

Max Fagin — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:45:58 +0000

The ISS and Shuttle just flew over Colorado again. Almost as good a sight as last night!

By: Troy

Troy — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:43:16 +0000

I saw ISS too, my first time with the Shuttle attached.

By: VeronicasLore.com » The Bad Astronomer takes ISS and Shuttle images from Earth

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:18:03 +0000

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By: money

money — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:59:08 +0000

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By: Travis

Travis — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:34:17 +0000

I could make the same lines using MS Paint.

By: Space TV

Space TV — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:34:17 +0000

Beautiful, simply beautiful!

By: Ray M

Ray M — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:28:43 +0000

I checked the “Heavens Above” web site and saw that both the ISS and the shuttle were due to pass overhead at 21:19 eastern. Sure enough, there they were, with maybe 20 degrees separating them – almost as though the ISS was towing the shuttle on a long line.

Great stuff, and thanks for reminding me to look!

By: Ray M

Ray M — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:28:14 +0000

Great stuff, and thanks fro reminding me to look!

By: Moxy

Moxy — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:39:43 +0000

I saw them from outside of Chicago, and it was just amazing. My only regret was not telling more people they would be able to see it.

By: Sergeant Zim

Sergeant Zim — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:35:20 +0000

My husband wondered how many UFO reports there would beâ€¦

Well, since ‘Everybody Knows’ that the US space program is completely dependant on alien space science, any time the ISS or Shuttle are spotted, it’s really a case of UFO – right?

*sarcastic mode off*

By: Dean W. Armstrong

Dean W. Armstrong — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:32:51 +0000

They were great here in Chicago last night. I am looking forward to tonight's pass as well. The ISS was distinctly orange-ish at first, and changed color to white as it passed overhead. It's also brighter than the Shuttle now. I put some images and animation of the whole pass here.