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Space Weather News for March 24, 2008
SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids
TRIPLE FLYBY ALERT: Space shuttle Endeavour has undocked from the International Space Station and the two spaceships are now orbiting Earth in tandem. This sets the stage for a series of rare *triple* flybys, which many sky watchers will be able to observe on Tuesday, March 25th. It's a triple because three spacecraft are involved. First to appear is the European Space Agency's Jules Verne cargo carrier flying 2000 kilometers ahead of the ISS-Endeavour combo. Jules Verne is about as bright as a 1st magnitude star. Four minutes later, and even brighter, the space shuttle and space station follow Jules Verne across the starry sky--a spectacular sight!
US and Canadian readers can find out when to look using our new Simple Satellite Flybys tool: Satellite Flybys by SpaceweatherPhone.com. (Note: We haven't forgotten about the rest of the world. Work is underway to expand our simple flyby predictions beyond North America to all parts of the globe. Stay tuned.)
You can track the shuttles and the space station by going to this link
Heavens-Above Home Page
im going to go out and look at that tonight!
SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids
TRIPLE FLYBY ALERT: Space shuttle Endeavour has undocked from the International Space Station and the two spaceships are now orbiting Earth in tandem. This sets the stage for a series of rare *triple* flybys, which many sky watchers will be able to observe on Tuesday, March 25th. It's a triple because three spacecraft are involved. First to appear is the European Space Agency's Jules Verne cargo carrier flying 2000 kilometers ahead of the ISS-Endeavour combo. Jules Verne is about as bright as a 1st magnitude star. Four minutes later, and even brighter, the space shuttle and space station follow Jules Verne across the starry sky--a spectacular sight!
US and Canadian readers can find out when to look using our new Simple Satellite Flybys tool: Satellite Flybys by SpaceweatherPhone.com. (Note: We haven't forgotten about the rest of the world. Work is underway to expand our simple flyby predictions beyond North America to all parts of the globe. Stay tuned.)
You can track the shuttles and the space station by going to this link
Heavens-Above Home Page
im going to go out and look at that tonight!
