International Space Station

[Guest BluesLover]

A graphical/chronological representation of how the International Space Station has come together.

 

It also highlights just how large the darned thing is!

 

http://i.usatoday.net/tech/graphics/iss_timeline/flash.htm

 

Cheers,

[Eck]

Right up my alley ..love it...thanks

[pktexas]

Thanks for the link. I have watched it from day one. Even brought the model and added pieces as it was being installed. Watch it go over whenever I can.

 

[Monsta]

Great link! Thank you for posting it.

[Guest tx2sturgis]

Cool link.

 

I too, watch it fly over when the sun angle is correct. And being a HAM operator, have had several contacts with the astronauts on orbit. If any of you have a programable scanner, the freq to enter for the downlink is 145.800

 

It increases your chances of hearing it if you have a good outdoor antenna on your scanner, but even a small whip antenna on a scanner will be able to hear it when it passes over your location, IF they are transmitting. Some downlink audio will be the SAREX/ARISS repeaters, and thru those you will hear ground stations contacting one another THRU the ISS ham station. But if you hear the call sign, R0ISS, (thats a ZERO) then you are actually hearing astronauts with a ham liscense making earth contacts. Pretty cool stuff!

 

[Brenda H]

YEP! That's the world's most expensive jigsaw puzzle!!

[RandyR]

I love it.

 

But I've learned to not go the CAPE to watch a liftoff. Everytime I do, there's a delay.

[Yammer Dan]

I just wanna strap a 1st Gen saddle to the nose of the Shuttle the next time it goes up and RIDE IT!!

[Brake Pad]

WOW!!!

All that for a weekend get away

[mraf]

Very interesting. Thanks:D

[GigaWhiskey]

I just wanna strap a 1st Gen saddle to the nose of the Shuttle the next time it goes up and RIDE IT!!

 

 

+1 to that!

[piper]

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[pktexas]

If anyone has Dish Network out there. Tune into channel 212 EARTH. Dish has a camera view of the earth 24/7. Its pretty awesome. I watched the sunrise this morning. They update the still evering 15 sec.