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Old 08-19-2009, 02:08 AM
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Anyone see the international space station today (a few seconds ago, actually, for Michigan). It passed over the northeast US just before sunrise, allowing the sun to be reflected off it while the sky was still dark enough to see it. I saw it, and it was amazing. Looked like a star, just moving across the sky at what appeared to be the speed of a cruising jet (no flashing lights, obviously). However, it took less than 2 minutes to go from horizon to horizon, so I guess that's pretty darn fast. Thanks to the news for tipping me off that it'd be passing overhead...
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Old 08-19-2009, 03:39 PM
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So you can watch some more:

Human Space Flight (HSF) - Orbital Tracking
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Old 08-19-2009, 05:24 PM
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I took photos of it flying over in July. I space dorked it out so bad I asked the neighbors to turn off their porch light.


They haven't spoken to me since.



At least I got a few cool pictures out of it!
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Old 08-19-2009, 08:04 PM
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Here you go:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata...=United+States

Just click you state and your city, and it'll tell you when you can spot the ISS and the Shuttle (when it's up).


EDIT: I just noticed that's the same site that Rebuilt linked to. Oh well!
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Old 08-19-2009, 08:47 PM
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Yeah, and his link looked cooler too!!
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