ISS Space Station

[stephen cartwright]

According to the ISS Detector app I have installed on my phone it is not visible from Sunderland again until 18:59:44 on Monday 26th November an is only visible for 11 seconds, very low down in the south western sky.

It's then viewable again on Tuesday 27th November at 18:08:08 and is visible for 1 min 52 secs, again low down, this time travelling SSW to SSE. A lot brighter on the Tuesday though.

That’s amazing what you can use these days.

 

[Slippery Jim]

While we're on the subject of space, tonight is the peak of the Leonid meteor shower. I think there's too much cloud at the minute but if you're keen it may clear around 2am and you might get to see some.

 

[stephen cartwright]

While we're on the subject of space, tonight is the peak of the Leonid meteor shower. I think there's too much cloud at the minute but if you're keen it may clear around 2am and you might get to see some.

Once show a meteor shower fly over Pallion back in the seventies. Think it was reported in the echo next day. Flew from the SW towards NE direction

 

[CollingwoodFTM]

I prefer the other space station. Number 5.

 

[anth]

for reference the spacex bfs relative size

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vs current soyus transport

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[lenshack]

See it with the naked eye some nights

It was almost overhead a couple of months or so back, couldn’t miss it.

 

[Ludwig]

It's quicksand

Very good sir

 

[fyl2u]

It's quicksand

 

[Conyers falchion]

The ISS, like many spacecraft, uses Whipple bumpers, a type of shield, to protect it from damage from space debris. If the piece of debris is likely to cause too much damage, then the ISS manoeuvres a little bit in its orbit to avoid it.

 

[monkeytassle]

Makes you wonder why someone would drill a hole in it from the inside out.

 

[Tomma]

The ISS, like many spacecraft, uses Whipple bumpers, a type of shield, to protect it from damage from space debris. If the piece of debris is likely to cause too much damage, then the ISS manoeuvres a little bit in its orbit to avoid it.

I really need to grow up.

 

[Leon Solent]

ISSSS

Just as well ISIS don't have an ISSSS.

 

[Tomma]

Just as well ISIS don't have an ISSSS.

Just as well ISIS don't use the ISSSSS for a re-make of Snakes on a Plane, or there would be ISIS on ISSSSSS with loads of HISSSSSSSSSSSS

 

[stephen cartwright]

Just as well ISIS don't use the ISSSSS for a re-make of Snakes on a Plane, or there would be ISIS on ISSSSSS with loads of HISSSSSSSSSSSS

I need a P ISS

 

[Martin F]

Makes you wonder why someone would drill a hole in it from the inside out.

Putting up a picture?

 

[monkeytassle]

Putting up a picture?

Pardon ?

 

[RossTheNinja]

Excellent point. Sand storm on mars

That would just be (da)rude

 

[becs]

ISS passing over the UK approx 7.30pm on Christmas Eve. Now if you wanted to point it out and tell the bairns Santa is on his way.....

 

[stephen cartwright]

ISS passing over the UK approx 7.30pm on Christmas Eve. Now if you wanted to point it out and tell the bairns Santa is on his way.....

That would be great.

Any space expert able to say which direction to look, apart from up?

 

[becs]

That would be great.

Any space expert able to say which direction to look, apart from up?

South to East and lowish in the sky. Venus and Jupiter will be bright and it goes near them.