can u see the mir space station with the naked eye?

Answer 1

The Mir station was intentionally decommissioned and broken up in atmospheric re-entry in 2001.

The International Space Station (ISS) is currently orbiting the Earth on a diagonal sort of orbit. It's plainly visible on a cloudless night as a white dot moving rapidly across the sky. Depending on your location, it will be visible for approximately 3 minutes before disappearing over the horizon.

Answer 2

You can see the major satellites but sadly Mir got too old to safely and affordably use and was sent into an unsustainable orbit in 2001 to eventually burnt up.

It was a nice sight when you could see it, as the International Space Station still is today. Though Mir's orbit was more complementary to Britain than the ISS so you could see it more often than you can the ISS.

Satellites look like slow moving bright star's, moving the same sort of speed as you'd see a high in the sky plane, taking about 3 or 4 minutes to cross the sky before usually suddenly winking out of existance if they move into the earth's shadow. You can tell satellite's from planes as satellites won't have any flickering, flashing lights as a plane has.

The ISS is slightly brighter than what I remember Mir, and I do remember Mir changed colour to reddish pink when they sent it into its lower orbit a few months before they burnt it up, same colour change principle as the setting sun possibly or reallignment of the solar panels?

If you visit the ISS website you can find when the ISS will be visable for your location. Satellites are like buses be observing 10 minutes before and after the stated time as they don't always arrive on time, technical adjustments will happen without the website being told.

Answer 3

It would have been visible by someone with very keen eyesight. However, Mir was destroyed on re-entry on 23 Mar 2001. It was deliberately brought into re-entry to prevent it landing in an inhabited area. Sorry to be the one to break the news. All orbits decay eventually. Even the moon is in a decaying orbit. In the moons case it is gradually getting further away from earth and in a few hundred million years it's thought it will escape altogether.

The international space station is still in orbit. It is much higher than Mir but again will be visible to a keen eyed observer as it is much bigger than Mir.

Answer 4

No it crashed to Earth years ago and is scattered on the bottom of the Ocean. You can see the International Space Station with the naked eye if you know where and when to look.

Answer 5

Yeah Mir crashed down to earth in 2001 but i saw it before that. It look like a small shooting star crossing the sky. Never saw the international space station but apparently it's bigger and easier to see.

Answer 6

You can see parts of it, at the bottom of the Pacific ocean. Also some parts landed in Australia/New Zealand, IIRC. If you really wanted to know if you can see the International Space Station, then that's another yes. I saw it twice last week, followed closely by the shuttle. Here's where you can find out where and when to look:

http://www.heavens-above.com/

Keep looking up!

Answer 7

Yes u should be able to see it shortly after sun set. Then u could see it for about 2 hours . If the sun is not shining on the space station and u in the dark u can not see it.

Answer 8

He is right Mir is long gone March 23rd, 2001 right over the south pacific

Answer 9

Yes you can see the ISS, it's apparentley a bright light in the night sky, although I have never seen it lol. But it would be cool too :)

Answer 10

You probably can but it would be too small to know what it was. A telescope will help you to see it better.