[Am-info] Space Station and Shuttle

John J. Urbaniak jjurban@attglobal.net
Thu, 18 Apr 2002 07:37:44 -0400


This has nothing to do with Microsoft, but I wanted to share it with
you.

Last night, about 8:45pm EDT, my wife and I went outside to watch the
Space Station fly over Pittsburgh, PA.

It was patchy clouds, but the moon and Jupiter were visible.  The
flyover was to be a bright one.

We had seen many flyovers before, but this one was special - there were
*two* objects.  One was the Space Station and the other was the Shuttle
which had separated a few hours earlier.  They were both pretty bright,
travelling in the same path, popping out of the clouds overhead.

We watched until they passed out of sight in the Southeast.

It was amazing to consider that there were *people* in those objects, so
high above and travelling so fast.

John