June 19, 2007

People in Flight

For those in Minneapolis: go outside tomorrow evening at 9:50 and look west. Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station today and will be holding position about 70 km away until cleared to deorbit on Thursday (at the soonest). The pair should be a noteworthy sight.

For those elsewhere, you can always go here to find out when things will be passing over your location.

ISS_blurtiles.jpg
On June 13 the ISS, with Atlantis docked, passed (roughly) over Minneapolis. It is a rather difficult target to photograph!
Posted by Milligan at June 19, 2007 10:24 PM | TrackBack
Comments

I put some images from last night's pass on my blog, including a simple animation of them moving across the sky. I can't wait for tonight's pass!

Posted by: Dean W. Armstrong at June 20, 2007 02:29 PM (Permalink)
Post a comment









Remember personal info?






The views and opinions expressed in this page are strictly those of the page author. The contents of this page have not been reviewed or approved by the University of Minnesota.