ISS and Shuttle

[Marcus daniel]

Just passed over, west to east, southern hemisphere.... AAAmazing !!!

[ythanpythan]

Failure for me, too low in the sky!

[keithatrochdale]

Saw it tonight, was very low and then cut off by the houses opposite.

[G0JVK]

missed it myself i got distracted with something else so i am not very happy with myself i wanted very much to see them both together like that just after undocking and discovery on it's way home now for the last time, but wishing you a safe journey home guy's

regards Rob

[alowen]

YUP, seen here in Penzance area low in the southern sky heading west to east, truely AMAZING !!!

Called the wife and kids out too, they were suitably impressed.

AL

[Bluenosebatty]

Hey,

What does it look like?? I was viewing the moon with my binoculars when the wife spotted 2 star looking lights passing along in the sky "flying" or moving along and just below orion, i tried to view them but could only make out 2 silent looking lights moving at the same speed and keeping the same distance apart, we got in the the conversation of Ufos cos neither of us knew what it was, please tell me this was the ISS!!!!

Ive been wanting to view it for 4 months!!!

Mark

[G0JVK]

yes Bluenosebatty that was it my friend the ISS and Discovery together after undocking and Discovery now on it's way home Earthbound.

regards Rob

[Marcus daniel]

sounds like it matey, thats the area they were, you couldnt miss them, they were travelling for around 3mins till i lost them.

[mike chadwick]

also seen in sunny Bury Lancashire God speed Discovery

[G0JVK]

well you could only miss them like i did if you forgot the time and was busy doing something else like i was but yes very hard to mistake for something else really. so well done spotting them a sight never to be seen ever again sadly

regards Rob

[Bluenosebatty]

Amazing!!! Thanks to my wife, i have tried to see it for 4 months and she finds it without even trying straight away! Typical!!! Can detail be seen with a telescope as i said my bins couldnt really make anything out, i am buzzing now tho! Just makes me want to get my scope even more! Come on holiday come and go so i can put my money towards my DOB

[Wilsmaboy]

God bless the local news that pointed this out at 6.45pm so plenty of time to prepare for it - checked out Stellarium to see where I should be looking at 7:24:30pm and sure enough there they were. Quite impressed.

[gedmac]

a good link to plan your iss viewing here Human Space Flight (HSF) - Sightings

also a real time tracking link here http://www.isstracker.com/

[jayjt29]

Saw it tonight, was very low and then cut off by the houses opposite.

Same as! Got about a 5 sec view, gutted.

Jay

[Horus]

Yes seen them also not sure who was following who though

[glowjet]

Had several sightings even both passes on one night from North Yorkshire when weather permitted, quite an amazing site, even the wife was impressed, spot on time with Heavens Above.

[Dellis]

Saw them fly over last night in tandem, a fantastic sight.

As an aside; several years ago my wife asked if I had an opportunity to spend six months on the ISS would I go. I replied "yes" (as you would) and she proceeded to tell me how selfish I was , she never let me forget that I would "rather be on the ISS than with her" which was true and needless to say we are no longer married

Dave

[Dellis]

Heavens Above does seem to predict the path of the ISS very accurately, better than Stellarium in my experience.

Dave