Spacestation sighting tonight over UK 7 39pm for 2 mins WSW departing S

[wendilla]

Only I sighting tonight . Clear skies here so far.

[NazNomad]

Great sighting last night ...

I see NASA lost a satellite ... http://www.heraldsun....n6s850w-1226016236127

[stokemaveric]

really clear here as well...so far....

[zzxxee]

will have a look nice clear sky here !!!

[wendilla]

Didn't get a chance to see it last night as had to go out Too busy eating a chinese meal lol

[askyourgran]

That's a lot of money at the bottom of the ocean naz. I wonder if they will do another one. I wonder if they can they take out insurance on that sort of failure.
Clear skies up to now, I'll look out later.

[zzxxee]

saw it for around a minuet and a half lovely :0)
thanks for taking the time to tell us each day in your postings wendilla x

[squarebear]

Yes I saw it for the first time tonight. Very unusual.
When is it next over? I would like to show the kids.

[NazNomad]

If you refine your search by clicking the appropriate areas ... http://spaceflight.na...ountry=United+Kingdom

... it'll give you a list of when / where / duration / etc.

[zzxxee]

cheers for the link naz x

[squarebear]

That's great. Cheers Naz.
Looks like there's one tomorrow.

[NazNomad]

Short answer ... tomorrow 06:30 PM - WSW to ESE - 3 minutes.

[squarebear]

Forgive my ignorance (and lack of googling) but what exactly is it? Is it a manned space station?

[NazNomad]

Nuther short answer ... http://en.wikipedia.o...ational_Space_Station

[bibblebub]

there are 12 people on-board the ISS currently http://www.howmanypeo...einspacerightnow.com/

[NazNomad]

The 'statistics' on the right of that page are an eye-opener too.

[NazNomad]

The shuttle 'Discovery' is currently docked with it.

[zzxxee]

the more info the better, i am finding it all really interesting x thank you all for the links and info :0)