Discovery Launch Tonight

Flight STS-119 of the Discovery Space Shuttle will be visible very low in the southern sky tonight shortly after 9:20 p.m. EDT. Be sure to be at a location with a good southern horizon ahead of time with binoculars at the ready. For further information, browse Joe Rao's blog at http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/blog/joerao/2009/03/09/shuttle-launch-visible-along-east-coast

I've seen a couple of STS launches from south central Pennsylvania in the past and even photographed one of them.

http://dvaa.org/php/mpix.php?p=Dave_Mitsky&i=SpaceShuttleLaunch

Dave Mitsky

Wow, from Pennsylvania.... that's pretty impressive Dave!
Thanks for sharing,


Ivan

Here's the story.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090311/ap_on_sc/space_shuttle

Dave Mitsky

Don't get to witness any launches here in Seattle, but I once serendipitously caught a shuttle either coming in to dock with the ISS or just pulling away. I only confirmed it after the fact, otherwise I probably would have become a UFO believer. It was awesome. Two impressively bright objects moving in close formation across the sky. Definitely not airplanes. I always find that the ISS, because it is so bright, looks like it's flying pretty low.

Was able to see the last minute or so of powered flight from here in upstate New York (outside of Schenectady). Low in the south to southeast looking like a flickering orange coma.

Clear skies, Alan
Sunday, March 15