Wednesday, April 17, 2013
The flight from a launchpad on the Virginia coast is a test run for a system that could eventually resupply the International Space Station.
The test flight for a space capsule system intended to help resupply the International Space Station is scheduled to launch from the Virginia coastline on Wednesday. If weather conditions are favorable, the craft may be visible from the Philadelphia region as it ascends into orbit. The Antares rocket, developed by Virginia-based Orbital Sciences Corporation, is expected to launch at 5:00 p.m., though the launch window extends until 8:00 p.m., should weather or other factors require a delay. The Los Angeles Times reports that it will be carrying a roughly four-ton dummy payload intended to simulate the company's Cygnus space capsule, which NASA and the company hope will soon be transporting materials to the space station. Orbital, whose …
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
The orbiting research platform will be visible for about six minutes on Tuesday evening.
In case you missed it on Sunday, when partial cloud cover obscured much of sky, the International Space Station will be visible again on Tuesday night. Orbiting about 250 miles above the Earth's surface, the station will be visible from the western Philadelphia suburbs for about six minutes this evening, starting at 8:37 p.m., according to NASA. As it enters our view, the station will actually be passing west of the Appalachian Mountains as it travels at more than 17,000 miles per hour. It will pass over Tennessee, Kentucky, the Ohio-West Virginia border, and then directly over the Pittsburgh area before crossing upstate New York and heading over New England. Because of its height, we can still see it from our area. Look for the station to…
Sunday, April 7, 2013
The orbiting research platform will be visible for about five minutes on Sunday evening.
It's a bird ... it's a plane ... it's the International Space Station! Orbiting about 250 miles above the Earth's surface, the International Space Station will be visible from the western Philadelphia suburbs for about five minutes this evening, starting at 8:41 p.m., April 7, according to NASA. The station will actually be passing over the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina. Because of its height, we can still see it from our area. It will pass out over the Atlantic near Cape Hatteras before fading from our view two to three minutes later. Look for the station to pass from south-southwest to east-northeast, about halfway between the horizon and the zenith (which is directly overhead). The station's brightness will wax and wane as it …
Monday, February 25, 2013
The orbiting research platform will be visible for about six minutes on Monday evening.
It's a bird ... it's a plane ... it's the International Space Station! Orbiting about 250 miles above the Earth's surface, the International Space Station will be visible from the western Philadelphia suburbs for about six minutes on Monday, starting at 6:19 p.m., according to NASA. The station will actually be passing over upstate New York and Massachusetts. Because of its height, we can still see it from our area. It will then pass out over the Atlantic near Cape Cod as it fades from our view. Look for the station to pass from northwest to east-southeast, about halfway between the horizon and the zenith (which is directly overhead). The station's brightness will wax and wane as it passes by; this is a function of changing amounts of the …
Janette Whittemore
11:56 pm on Wednesday, May 1, 2013
We are in Ontario Canada. My son and I ran out and caught the spacestation as it passed right above our home,at 10:45pm. AMAZING !!! more ›