Spacewatch
The ISS (International Space Station) has been making some spectacular transits across our evening sky of late, even accompanied by the shuttle Endeavour between its undocking last Friday and its touchdown in California on Sunday. Our predictions cover the station's best passes before it shifts too far to the W next week for it to be seen from Britain. Asterisks flag the directions in which it disappears into eclipse.Endeavour's mission accomplished much, including repairs to some solar power arrays and numerous DIY activities. It may be remembered for the slip that left a tool bag drifting away into space. That bag, about the size of a small backpack, is surprisingly easy to spot providing we have adequate predictions and a well aimed pair of binoculars. It is now far from the ISS, slowly falling because of atmospheric drag, and should burn up as it re-enters sometime next summer by my...
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