Archive - Jun 2004
June 4th
Never Seen Before
SPACE STATION TRANSIT: Astronomers like to point out that no one alive today has seen Venus transit the Sun. It's a rare event. True. But something rarer still is about to happen. On June 8th, Venus and a spaceship will cross the Sun at the same time. No one has ever seen that!
Observers located along the thin black line can see the ISS and Venus cross the Sun at the same time on June 8th.
The International Space Station (ISS) will cross the Sun four times during the 6+ hour transit of Venus. Traveling 17,000 mph, the ISS races across the solar disk in a split second, and it can only be seen from inside a narrow corridor only about one mile wide. Four of these corridors will criss-cross Europe, Africa and Asia on June 8th.
For more information check www.spaceweather.com
Many Tnx to Spaceweather.com for info
Gerry, VE6GP
NASA TV NOW AVAILABLE ON DIRECT-TV
Nasa TV is now available on Direct TV Channel 376
I am in South Central Wisconsin so this info might not be accurate for the intire Direct TV network.
I have monitored both the Direct TV feed and the NASA Bird feed and they are doing a direct feed off of the bird.
HAPPY VIEWING
73's de N9OEW