american astronauts back in space today

[HighBypass 2,339]

James Burke?

[charliearon 3,024]

Mission Scrubbed until Saturday! 😒

[CYXR 257]

3 minutes ago, vc10man said:

Takes me back to the 60s watching Apollo missions, in Streatham, London, huddled with friends watching on a b&w set with that BBC chap, James something.

Oh... yeah. Except for the extraordinary live view during and after ingress inside the Crew Dragon. That is a beautiful spacecraft inside and out. 

[Ray Proudfoot 8,954]

Whilst we won’t see the SpaceX tonight the ISS is currently over the South Pacific But will be visible from the U.K. in 37 minutes!

[vc10man 732]

55 minutes ago, HighBypass said:

James Burke?

Are you Magnus Magnusson by any chance, Mark, in another role(hint-hint)🤣? You must allow me some leeway for fading memory.

 

Edited May 27, 2020 by vc10man

[Chock 17,769]

Shame it's been scrubbed, was all set to check it out, but you gotta go with safety in these kind of ops.

[vc10man 732]

1 minute ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

Whilst we won’t see the SpaceX tonight the ISS is currently over the South Pacific But will be visible from the U.K. in 37 minutes!

Thanks for that Ray, as I have just got indoors from a hopeful sunset shot. Will go look again, but the light has gone for a shot of the ISS.

[Chock 17,769]

Can't say I blame em scrubbing for weather, I was out this evening test flying my new RC MQ9 Reaper to check the balance of it before I put the camera on it. It flew, but that wind was making it a bit 'interesting' shall we say. 😄

[vc10man 732]

9 minutes ago, Chock said:

Can't say I blame em scrubbing for weather, I was out this evening test flying my new RC MQ9 Reaper to check the balance of it before I put the camera on it. It flew, but that wind was making it a bit 'interesting' shall we say. 😄

Oddly enough when I got back indoors, a pal of mine from Maghull called, and I told him of the cancellation of SpaceX.Like you being an RC man,he suggested I photograph his drone with fancy lights and nobody would know the difference between it and a spacecraft🤣. I reminded him, not only was he locked-down, but I most certainly was not going to Maghull at night to photograph his drone. I'd rather see the real thing!

[Ray Proudfoot 8,954]

Spotted the ISS easily. Most interesting aspect is it passing into the Earth’s shadow. That’s enough excitement for one day!

[vc10man 732]

Well done, Ray, with your timing. Just seen at 23:01.Tracked it roughly above Chorley-Bolton before it faded away. Pity it had not been 20 minutes earlier, might have got a shot off, but it was too dark for a 600mm lens at f/6.3. Great heads-up, though.

[Ray Proudfoot 8,954]

Rick, best bet is to use a standard lens on bulb setting for 50 secs or so. Stars stay still and the white line of the ISS stands out.

[vc10man 732]

13 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

Rick, best bet is to use a standard lens on bulb setting for 50 secs or so. Stars stay still and the white line of the ISS stands out.

Thanks for the tip, Ray, which I was aware of, but I was erring on the cautious side not wanting to be seen with a tripod, camera, a very fast standard lens f/2.8, cable release, etc, etc, hence was wishing for less darkness. I like to be wary of my surroundings.

Edited May 27, 2020 by vc10man

[martin-w 3,235]

8 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

Spotted the ISS easily. Most interesting aspect is it passing into the Earth’s shadow. That’s enough excitement for one day!

 

Yep, my son and I spotted it easily too. Second time I've seen it, first time for my son.

Actually, looking at my tracker on my phone, my daughter would have had it right over her head in Guernsey.

When you consider it's in orbit and how fast it passes over, it gives you appreciation for how fast 17000 mph is.

Edited May 28, 2020 by martin-w

[Christopher Low 5,353]

I have seen ISS many times. I also saw the Mir space station many times, including once when the Space Shuttle Atlantis was heading home after a visit. Both objects were only around 30 seconds apart, so I saw them at the same time. That was the only time that I ever saw a Space Shuttle in orbit.