Picked up the Space Station and Shuttle (as per Heavens-Above) just to the right of the Moon, about 10° up, much fainter tonight. They both seemed the same brightness. About twice as far apart too. The first one winked out quickly, then the other, just under and to the left of Spica.
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Malcolm had his kids tonight. He let them stay up late and watch the fly-by. Courtney first spotted the pair. They all enjoyed that.
Malcolm said afterward, as we talked on the phone about it, "Well, that's the last time we'll see that kind of thing!"
"Not true." I explained that with more Shuttle missions to the International Space Station and much work planned for the outpost, there will be many opportunities. I reminded him to look on the flight up as well as during the return!
I also explained that the Space Station will get brighter and brighter in the future, as they increase the number of solar arrays deployed.
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The Moon, Regulus, Saturn, and Venus were nicely lined up, almost equidistant.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
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