International Space Station visible in Canaries

[windermeregolfer]

A Bit late this morning (Friday) but tomorrow should be OK -

Date: Sat Mar 14, 6:46 AM
Visible: 6 min
Max Height: 40°
Appears: 10° above WNW
Disappears: 12° above SSE

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Watched ISS going over on Weds evening, only picked up the notification moments beforehand so didn't get a chance to post on here, but it got me wondering about the astronauts and what they were thinking about the pandemic down here!

Found this article this evening:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/11245212/i...uarantine/

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Three astronauts are due to return from the International Space Station (ISS) early on Friday, to a very different planet from the one they left last year.
No strangers to isolation, Russian Oleg Skrypochka and Americans Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan left Earth in 2019, well before COVID-19 emerged.
"It's quite surreal to see it unfolding on Earth below," Ms Meir told reporters during a recent video call.
"From here, Earth looks just as stunning as usual, so it's hard to believe all of the changes that have taken place since we left."
The trio are scheduled to return to Earth at 05:00 GMT on Friday, by which time Mr Skrypochka and Ms Meir will have spent 205 days in space, and Mr Morgan 272 days.
The search party that will collect the trio following their landing back on Earth - usually somewhere in Kazakhstan - have been in strict quarantine to ensure they do not pass on the virus.
The capsule normally lands somewhere in Kazakhstan, then a search team picks up the crew and brings them to the closest airport and they all fly home.
This time Kazakhstan has declared a State of Emergency and most of the airports are closed.
The search party is currently in strict quarantine and will have to take a test immediately before going out to pick up the arrivals, to ensure they cannot be infected.

A replacement crew of two Russians and an American who flew to the ISS on 9 April also took the utmost precautions to avoid taking the infection into space, spending a month and a half in quarantine before the launch.

The Baikonur space launch pad, leased by Russia from Kazakhstan, is still operating and the three crew members will be flown there. The Russian will take a plane home while the Americans will be driven three hours to the south-east to Kyzylorda, from where a Nasa plane will fly them back to the US.

Usually, a team of returning astronauts and cosmonauts will undergo a special rehabilitation program lasting several weeks. After a long stay in zero gravity, the body needs time to get used to life in constant gravity.
But this time doctors have the additional task of protecting the crew from Coronavirus.
"It will be difficult to not give hugs to family and friends after being up here for seven months," said Ms Meir, who last year made history after completing the first ever all-female spacewalk with another Nasa astronaut, Christina Koch.
"I think I will feel more isolated on Earth than here. We're busy with amazing pursuits and tasks and don't feel the isolation," she added.
The ISS has been orbiting the Earth since 1998. Five partners are involved - the US, Russia, Japan, Canada and the European Space Agency.

[windermeregolfer]

Thanks Tamara, sighting of the ISS will be possible in the next 11 days as follows - 

   

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[windermeregolfer]

Thanks Tamara, sighting of the ISS will be possible in the next 11 days as follows - 

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Don't forget if you are an early riser the ISS will be visible for the next few mornings.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Sun May 17 6:07 AM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 82°, Appears: 11° above NW, Disappears: 11° above SE

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

There was a sighting this evening but I didn't see my notification until too late - sorry. If you're up early in the morning:

Mon May 18 5:19 AM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 45°, Appears: 10° above NNW, Disappears: 10° above ESE

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Time: Thu Jun 25 6:11 AM, Visible: 4 min, Max Height: 59°, Appears: 19° above WSW, Disappears: 28° above NNE

[windermeregolfer]

Time: Thu Jun 25 6:11 AM, Visible: 4 min, Max Height: 59°, Appears: 19° above WSW, Disappears: 28° above NNE

No chance this morning with the cloud cover we have 😂😂

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Time: Fri Jun 26 5:26 AM, Visible: 2 min, Max Height: 62°, Appears: 60° above SSE, Disappears: 28° above ENE