Clear Sky Space Station

It was too cloudy here besides i'd have probably missed it anyway...every clock in this house tells a different time

 

All this talk of space stations makes me feel old. When I was a kid, the idea of a space station was restricted to the realm of sci fi fantasy. I remember dreaming about a day when it would be true and mankind would have a residence, even if only temporary, in space. Yet there it is, 17 years old now I think.

Tell you what though, what a work of engineering. If you had a 17 year old car you'd expect it to be half rotten and dropping to bits. Yet here's a machine that has to survive, and more importantly, protect its occupants from, the harshness of space, sat in orbit 250 miles above our heads, popping along at a steady 17250 mph. Not bad. Not bad at all.

 

I wish I could even get just a glimpse
Checked on the map today and it did not even pass over the UK ?
Crossed over and down over Africa well before the Azores ?

Jack McH

 

I did not have an alert from Nasa today,
Jenny

 

Time: Wed Feb 13 7:11 PM, Visible: 2 min, Max Height: 82 degrees, Appears: WSW, Disappears: SSE
there's a window tomorrow,
Jenny

 

Time: Fri Feb 15 7:07 PM, Visible: 2 min, Max Height: 77 degrees, Appears: W, Disappears: NE

 

Time: Sat Feb 16 6:16 PM, Visible: 3 min, Max Height: 88 degrees, Appears: W, Disappears: ENE
Maybe a clear sky out there 6.16pm - a bit early tonight?

 

Awwwww...missed it

 

Looked from the back bedroom window but the clouds were in the way

 

clear skies tonight
Time: Sun Feb 17 7:02 PM, Visible: 2 min, Max Height: 74 degrees, Appears: W, Disappears: ENE

 

Time: Tue Feb 19 6:57 PM, Visible: 2 min, Max Height: 85 degrees, Appears: WNW, Disappears: E

 

JUST WATCHED IT !!

 

Just missed it by two seconds We had been stopping all the way round on our walk hoping to catch sight of it,but as I had forgotten to wear my Indiglo watch didn't know what the time was until we got back home and saw that it was nearly 7pm.Rushed out into the front garden and Mr Kandy saw the last glimpse of it as it faded

Never mind though as we have seen it loads of times before and i expect we shall see it again at some point

Glad you got to see it Jenny

 

Missed it agaiiiiin