Shuttle/Station Viewing

[smitty328]

Thanks Richard!

[RichardP]

I've been rendered obsolete. You can now sign up to receive an e-mail or text a couple of hours before the times when the space station will be viewable flying over your head. Sign up here: http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/index.cfm



Richard P.

[AllZWay]

I've been rendered obsolete. You can now sign up to receive an e-mail or text a couple of hours before the times when the space station will be viewable flying over your head. Sign up here: http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/index.cfm



Richard P.

Cool... I signed up.

[RichardP]

SpaceX launched a space station resupply ship this morning. It is supposed to dock with the space station sometime this weekend. There is an opportunity to watch the SpaceX Dragon capsule chase the space station across the evening sky tonight.

Houston:
International Space Station
Friday, March 1, 6:45 p.m. (Duration: 6 minutes)
Path: 10 degrees above NW to 11 degrees above SSE
Maximum elevation: 62 degrees

Dragon
Friday, March 1, 6:45 p.m. (Duration: 6 minutes)
Path: 10 degrees above NW to 10 degrees above SSE
Maximum elevation: 60 degrees

Austin:
ISS Fri Mar 01/06:48 PM 2 78 49 above SSE 11 above SE
DRAGON Fri Mar 01/06:48 PM 3 75 74 above S 10 above SE

Dallas:
ISS Fri Mar 01/06:46 PM 4 49 43 above W 10 above SSE
DRAGON Fri Mar 01/06:47 PM 3 48 43 above WSW 12 above SSE



Viewing tips to translate that cryptic data into something useful:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata...ings/help.html



For those that don't live in the big cities, here is data for other Texas cities:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata...s&region=Texas


Richard P.

[ShadowBolt]

SpaceX launched a space station resupply ship this morning. It is supposed to dock with the space station sometime this weekend. There is an opportunity to watch the SpaceX Dragon capsule chase the space station across the evening sky tonight.

Houston:
International Space Station
Friday, March 1, 6:45 p.m. (Duration: 6 minutes)
Path: 10 degrees above NW to 11 degrees above SSE
Maximum elevation: 62 degrees

Dragon
Friday, March 1, 6:45 p.m. (Duration: 6 minutes)
Path: 10 degrees above NW to 10 degrees above SSE
Maximum elevation: 60 degrees

Austin:
ISS Fri Mar 01/06:48 PM 2 78 49 above SSE 11 above SE
DRAGON Fri Mar 01/06:48 PM 3 75 74 above S 10 above SE

Dallas:
ISS Fri Mar 01/06:46 PM 4 49 43 above W 10 above SSE
DRAGON Fri Mar 01/06:47 PM 3 48 43 above WSW 12 above SSE



Viewing tips to translate that cryptic data into something useful:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata...ings/help.html



For those that don't live in the big cities, here is data for other Texas cities:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata...s®ion=Texas


Richard P.

Help link is no good Richard. I want to watch but need to know where to look.

JJ

[RichardP]

Help link is no good Richard. I want to watch but need to know where to look.

JJ

Sorry about that. The link in post #40 still works...

Richard P

[ShadowBolt]

Does not look like it will happen today.


http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/...ed-for-flight/

JJ

[RichardP]

Does not look like it will happen today.


http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/...ed-for-flight/

JJ

The flyover of the station and the Dragon will still happen. The data for the Dragon viewing might be a bit off...

Richard P

[Rob Liebbe]

We saw the station fly over and wondered why there was only one object visible.

Thanks for the info Richard and Jerry. We will watch the automated info for the next opportunity. It is neat to see one object but much more dramatic when there are two flying in close proximity. We saw the Shuttle chasing ISS a while back, very cool.