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The ISS Thread

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:09 pm
by thelordharry
Just a personal indulgence of mine that I'll probably update with pictures from time to time.

R2 in space:
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Watching 'days of our lives':

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I love how in space, everyone looks like they're underwater.

Re: The ISS Thread

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:53 pm
by Tsukiyumi
The guy's face to the right sums up my feelings about Days of our Lives perfectly. :lol:

Re: The ISS Thread

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:58 pm
by Mikey
Boy, I can't wait until the aliens arrive:

"That ISS was pretty impressive, given your Earthling level of technology. What did you use it for?"

"Er... well, we caught up on our soaps..."

Re: The ISS Thread

Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 6:21 am
by Vic
:laughroll:

Re: The ISS Thread

Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 1:33 pm
by thelordharry
I hope those scissors don't accidentally come out of old baldy's pocket! :D

Re: The ISS Thread

Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:46 pm
by thelordharry
A Soyuz class ship approaching:

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Re: The ISS Thread

Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:50 pm
by thelordharry
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Re: The ISS Thread

Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:51 pm
by thelordharry
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Re: The ISS Thread

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:35 pm
by thelordharry
Picture of Discovery and ISS from the ground.

Source:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badas ... he-ground/


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Re: The ISS Thread

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 3:55 pm
by thelordharry

Re: The ISS Thread

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 3:09 pm
by thelordharry
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Re: The ISS Thread

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 3:39 pm
by Mikey
Now, that's friggin' cool. Also, I don't know why I expected the label on the Soyuz to say anything else besides "Soyuz."

Re: The ISS Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:39 am
by thelordharry
This is pretty awesome considering how fast the ISS moves across the sky!

http://popastro.com/news/newsdetail.php?id_nw=40

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Re: The ISS Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 11:32 pm
by Griffin
I saw it tonight, it was one of the most brilliant things I've ever seen.

Re: The ISS Thread

Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:06 pm
by thelordharry
It's quite a sight isn't it? Just before I first saw it, I wondered how I would pick it out (i.e what it would look like, how bright, how fast) thinking I might get it confused with an aircraft. However, you just know it when you see it for the first time. It's usually much brighter than anything in the night sky, save maybe Venus and moves too quickly across the sky to be an aircraft (and an aircraft has blinking lights and the ISS is constantly illuminated by the sun). It's very graceful and fills me with awe everytime :)

For realtime updates on the ISS and all space satellites, check out this site:

http://www.n2yo.com/