Has anyone seen the Space Shuttle pass by in the sky?

Question

The space shuttle is orbiting the earth on the space station and there are specific times that we will be able to see them between now and June 22, 2007.

http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/skywatch.cgi?country=United+States

I would love to get pictures!!! Did anyone see it yet?

Answer 1

I went to the launch last week..........awesome

I watched it from Titusville (about 40 miles from our place in Orlando).....what an incredible rumble across the sky....

And the sonic boom was.......well.....loud

Answer 2

The space station is one of the brightest points in the sky; 4th, I think after Venus; The shuttle isn't as bright, but it's definitly visible. I've seen it a few times before, but it's nothing more than a medium/small star that moves. Quickly.

Answer 3

I stay in Florida approximately 10 miles north of the gap Coast and we watch the commute blast off everytime we get a raffle. this is an exceedingly remarkable view from right here. It looks like a fireball falling 'out' of the earth or increasing into the sky with large billowing smoke trailing it. interior a 2nd, this is right here yet earlier you blink this is long gone. so a approaches as seeing it at night, we've schedules telling us whilst to seek for even with the undeniable fact that it is not as sturdy as certainly seeing it blast off over the Atlantic.

Answer 4

You would not be able to take a meaning photograph of the shuttle unless you had a camera attached to a telescope that could track the movement of the shuttle.

I did see sputnik in 1957.

It was magic.

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Answer 5

I have not seen the station with the shuttle. The visible times are on some sites like heavens-above.com :0)

Answer 6

Yes, I saw in on Friday, June 15. It looked like a small, gold-ish, star moving across the sky. Nothing spectacular.

Answer 7

Planet Earth's involvement with its space programme is quite interesting to follow, I will give you that, but compared to the amount of progress we are making akin to intergalactic travel, we own and fly a vehicle which adds up to nothing but a giant firecracker.

Answer 8

Yes, I saw it on Sunday night. Just a bright dot, moving quickly across the sky.

Answer 9

I went to a launch in Florida, once. Does that count?

I saw it lift up into the sky and turn into a blaze of light.

What fun!

Answer 10

Without a telescope, you'd barely be able to notice it. It will be about the size of a small star (but moving) to the naked eye.