Just went out and watched the Space Station go over

[dothawkes31]

absolutely mesmerising and totally fascinating, who else got a good view now the clouds have shifted?

[boxtops]

Thanks wendilla, for keeping us posted. We have been too cloudy here the last few days, but the sky is clearing so I will try again tonight. Let's be clear this is the Space Station, looks like some confusion, not shuttle or satellite, there are people up there and your link tells us who they are, too!

[Jumbuck]

you might be interested to see this photo of the space station and shuttle silhouetted against the sun

http://tinyurl.com/32xkeyo

[boxtops]

I was impressed at first jumbuck!

[boxtops]

^but having blown up the pic, can it be real? The speck has arms!

[Jumbuck]

it is genuine but not mine

[Jumbuck]

the shuttle is the smaller speck to the left of the ISS

[boxtops]

Forgive me not believing it at first - the sun looks very much like a large yellow rubber ball!! Great pic.

[wendilla]

IYes boxtops if you click on the spacestation on the tracking link you will see the names of who is up there and if you click on the + you will get larger view, The shuttle Atlantis is due to go to SPACE STATION ON 14TH MAY so that you can see by going to NASA TV. just check the time difference. You may be lucky to see a double fly bye I have seen it once and that is amazing.

[razza]

I have seen it several times now,lovely sight but not as good as Mir space lab when its orbit was decaying,but space station is a better sight than mir when it was in true orbit.