RSS Feeds
CalSky.com has added STS-119 (Space Shuttle Discovery) and the Kepler satellite to their database. To find sighting opportunities in your area, go to http://www.calsky.com, enter your location and store using your email address. Once you have your location setup you can view a list of passes by using the following links.
Kepler:http://www.calsky.com/csephem.cgi?&object=Satellite&number=34380
STS-119:http://www.calsky.com/csephem.cgi?&object=Satellite&number=99999
For me there are passes this evening of both satellites, but the clouds are thick. If you happen to use this info and are able to capture any passes, please let me know and I will be sure to post here.
[stephen]
Tags: iss nasa kepler sts-119 discovery calsky || 0 comments
Discovery is set to launch today at 7:43 p.m. on a mission to the ISS. Don't miss this one! We are seeing some of the last of the Space Shuttle missions now, so this is a must see! Here's some high(er) resolution video feeds for NASA TV provided by Yahoo. If you are going to watch online these are better than the link on NASA's site.
300k500k1200k
Edit: Woops! That should be STS-119. Thanks for pointing that out, TaviGreiner.
Tags: nasa sts-119 discovery || 0 comments
NASA's Kepler is set for launch tonight. I've put together some feeds for NASA TV. These are higher resolution than the one on NASA's site. Coverage starts at 8:30 p.m. EST with the lauch set for 10:49:57 p.m. EST
Tags: nasa kepler launch || 0 comments
So the wife and I bought a little cabin in the mountains of Northern Georgia, in the states. It's a wonderful place with super dark skies. I can finally view the Milky Way for the first time since I lived in Northern Michigan 10 years ago.
Anyway, while we were up there over the past few days CalSky.com sent out an alert email letting me know the HTS was going to fly over at 6:45 PM Tuesday the 27th. Unfortunately, my Nikon D40 batteries had drained so I had to grab my point and shoot Kodak and take a few 8 second (max for this camera) exposures in the general direction of the flyover. I knew it would be just under Venus, and with a magnitude of 3.0 not very bright.
As it turned out, however, the sky there is so free from light pollution we were able to see the HTS very well. So I took a few 8 second exposures while we watched and just hoped to get at least one useful picture. Here's the one image I did get of the HTS as it flew over us at 17,000 miles per hour, 320 miles above the surface of the earth. Also, if you can't tell, that is Venus to the right. ;)
Medium || Large
And a crop of the actual HTS at full size:
Tags: nasa hubble space telescope || 0 comments
In case you might have missed the Lunar Rover driving past the new and improved President of the United States, here's a short video released by NASA.
Tags: lunar rover nasa || 0 comments
I just love the pictures NASA released showing the Lunar Rover at the Inaugural Parade. Just look at these. I just love the smile on Obama's face as he looks at the Lunar Rover crew.
Images provided by: NASA
