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Saw the ISS this morning

04 September 2010
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Tags: ISS, space station, astronomy
Posted by ianadmin  
About 6:30 a.m., I was out on this chilly (12.9C) morning taking Sophie for her morning bio-break. I was admiring the way the morning sun hit the clouds when I noticed a flash of light in a break between them.

I was looking roughly E-SE and there it was: a bright dot against the clear blue of the sky. I watched it as it moved away, heading E-SE, then it dimmed and was almost lost from sight. It was the International Space Station. First time I've seen it in daylight, although I've caught a glimpse of it in the night several times.

A short while later, it flashed again. That flash of brightness happens when the ISS's solar panels catch the sun.

A nice way to start a day.

Categories: Personal reminisence, Science

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Stunning new videos from NASA's solar telescope

23 April 2010
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Tags: astronomy, NASA, space, sun, solar telescope
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NASA has released the first videos from its new solar telescope, the Solar Dynamics Observatory. They are stunning. The NASA website...

Categories: Science

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2010 AL30 fly-by today

13 January 2010
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Tags: science, space junk, astronomy, asteroid, near-earth asteroid
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A rather mysterious...

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Interstellar cloud baffles scientists

25 December 2009
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Tags: technology, NASA, science, astronomy, voyager
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Remember the early planetary spaceships, Voyager 1 and 2? They were launched in summer, 1977, to explore the outer planets - Jupiter to Neptune. Their discoveries and photographs from those systems were among the most exciting events in science in our lifetimes. And they continue to surprise us.

Voyager 1...

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ISS-Atlantis double fly-by

26 November 2009
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Tags: astronomy, fly-by, space station, shuttle, iss, Atlantis
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Did you catch sight...

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