Anyone see the Space Shuttle and International Space Station overfly tonight?

[Scarpetta]

I saw not only Atlantis and the International Space Station flyover my neighborhood tonight, but I also saw the spy satellite scheduled for missile destruction on Thursday/

Michelle Obama, eat your heart out. This is one proud American.

[cmsgop]

Right On,where did you see it?

[jaydubya2]

Got a tracker link?

[sageb1]

When? Where in the sky?

[Scarpetta]

The skies over Abington, Pennsylvania, outside Philly.

[RightWhale]

http://www.heavens-above.com/orbitdisplay.asp?satid=29651

[varon]

I saw not only Atlantis and the International Space Station flyover my neighborhood tonight, but I also saw the spy satellite scheduled for missile destruction on Thursday/

I hope they can distinguish between the two and not shoot down the wrong one. ;-)

[originalbuckeye]

There is a website, Heaven’s Above, that you can monitor satellites over your area. You have to sign in and give the coordinates of your house and you can get a schedule and area of the sky to view the ISS, Shuttle and loads of satellites. We saw the Space Station and the Shuttle last night. One following the other after they had undocked. Tonight it is too cloudy over SoCal to see anything.

[Scarpetta]

This is the United States Navy we’re talking about.

[jaydubya2]

tanks!

[cripplecreek]

Cloudy here in Michigan.

[Scarpetta]

I was squealing with delight when it went over. Two teenagers were happening by and I shouted at them, “that’s the International Space Station!” and they were like “whatever.”

It didn’t deflate my enthusiasm but it certainly made me question what kind of children we’re producing.

[BamaDi]

Here in Mobile we can usually hear the sonic boom when the shuttle reenters and heads for touchdown. And yes, I’m one proud American also when I hear it! I’m not a big McCain fan but will vote for him anyway - and Cindy solidified my support today with her snappy reply to Ms Hussein O.

[metmom]

Just clouds, as usual.

*sigh*

[Scarpetta]

True.

[diverteach]

Ya, I saw it last night. It was a 5 minute flyby yesterday.

Wow, what B#$ch to try and keep up with in a telescope.

[Spunky]

I went outside at 5:40 p.m. last night to try and see it, but no luck. It was to bright on the horizon. But this morning at about 5:30 a.m. I saw a real bright light flood my bedroom. It was this. Very strange

FAA reports early morning flash in sky was meteor

SPOKANE, Wash.- Thousands of people in Northwest woke to a huge streaking flash in the sky early Tuesday morning. At around 5:30 a.m. KHQ began receiving reports of a bright flash in the sky. According to the Oregonian.com the Federal Aviation Administration, after talking to air traffic controllers, is reported the flash was a meteor.

Viewers began calling KHQ around 5:35 a.m. Tuesday to report what they saw. Those viewers called in from as far away as Clarkston, Lewiston, Republic, Wenatchee, Hayden and Troy, Idaho, and Missoula, Montana.

Various websites reported eyewitnesses all across the Northwest saying the flash looked like anything from summer lightning, a meteor, a rocket, a satellite, or just an exploding transformer. Several other viewers reported feeling a sonic boom moments after the flash in the sky.

[Scarpetta]

Weird.

[RightWhale]

a huge streaking flash in the sky

Didn't see it. Saw a huge flashing streak in the sky. Not recently, though.

[b359]

Steve Frick, the mission commander was my classmate at USNA. We were both in the same company. He’s very smart. While I had to study constantly to barely graduate, I remember he had time to study and build airplane models in his room.

Also Sonny (Pandaya) Williams, the female astronaut who recently set the endurance record for US females a few months back was also in my company but in a different class.

Two very nice, down to earth people.

As for me, I work in a cubicle at a power utility ;-)

Two out of three ain’t bad.

Cloudy here in Michigan, so no luck.