Int'l Space Station over Baltimore tonight
FROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:
Space Cadets! Wednesday night should be mostly clear, a good opportunity to see the International Space Station fly almost directly over Baltimore.
The ISS will be very bright, rising above the northwest horizon at 10:11 p.m. EDT. Look for a bright, steady, star-like object passing right through the stars of the Big Dipper, and then near the zenith (straight up) at 10:14 p.m.
From there, it flies off the Delaware coast and disappears into the Earth’s shadow at 10:15 p.m.
(NASA PHOTO)
Posted by Frank Roylance at 12:00 AM | Permalink
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Categories: From the Sun's print edition, Sky Notes
Categories: From the Sun's print edition, Sky Notes
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Could it be a two-fer? The Wallops launch and the ISS? Us Space Cadets can only watch and hope!
Posted by: Larry Esser | June 29, 2011 9:51 AM
Yes and Wpallops just 6 minutes before space station....hmm.
Posted by: Elise K. | June 29, 2011 8:00 PM
Looks like you're correct Larry! As of now, the Wallops launch is due to go at 10:05 to the southeast with the ISS close behind to the northwest. If we get lucky, we could have both visible at the same time...
Posted by: Virgil Caine | June 29, 2011 8:28 PM
Very interesting to observe that! I posted something on Facebook about 10 minutes before the event and was shocked at so many responses from friends. GREAT night for viewing.
Posted by: Brian | June 29, 2011 10:32 PM
SUCCESS! Not only the ISS, but saw the first rocket launch in my life! Watched/listened to the NASA Wallops web site camera, there was a delay, didn't launch until 1109pm on Wednesday night. Saw the launch on the web, went right outside. Unbelievable, there it was, just an orange light--able to see it very well with binoculars, even see the trailing smoke and stages separating til it disappeared. What a great sight and experience, thanks, Frank! Now I feel like a real Space Cadet!
Posted by: Larry Esser | June 29, 2011 11:20 PM
I didn't read the blog early enough tonight to catch the item about the ISS, but I did attempt to catch the rocket launch.
I didn't see anything, I guess too much light pollution. Did anybody in metro area see it?
Posted by: Cosmos Girl l>--l | June 29, 2011 11:42 PM
Great! I saw both, the ISS right on schedule at 10:11pm and then the rocket an hour later at 11:09pm.
The link that you provided worked great. I had my computer outside, saw the liftoff onscreen, looked up and saw the first stage separation seconds later.
The site accurately warned that there can be a 20 to 30 second delay of the video feed.
Posted by: AVC | June 30, 2011 12:43 AM
We saw it! The Space-Skeeters at Wallops were eating us up, and I hadn't read this in advance, but I looked up and saw it. My husband thought it was going the wrong way to be ISS, but I told him it "felt right."
(Fogey mode: While at Wallops, I was so disappointed at so many kids looking DOWN at game screens and not UP at the sky. )
Posted by: April | July 1, 2011 2:55 PM