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Aurora alert / Space Station Temptation
Most of the material from a May 13 coronal mass ejection on the Sun shot north and missed the Earth, but a small amount got sprayed our way. Now, some two days later, it’s expected to arrive at the...
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Want To See Your House From Outer Space? Here’s How
Google Maps view of homes along 21st Avenue East in Duluth. Copyright: Google Maps 10 years back a guy came to my door to sell me an aerial photo of my home taken from a small plane. It was a great...
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Space Station Goes Bzzzzzzt Like a June Bug
A 30-second time exposure of the International Space Station passing above a fine display of northern lights on June 6, 2013. Watch for the ISS tonight. Credit: Bob King Every June, those big, brown...
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Space Station Adds Human Touch To August Evening Skies
Last fall, astronaut Terry Virts inserted an effervescent antacid tablet into a ball of water while crew mates filmed the reaction with the new high-resolution Red Epic Dragon camera recently aboard...
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Astronomy Zombies Party Under The Stars
Two clear nights in a row kept amateur astronomers and their telescopes busy at the annual Northwoods Starfest this past weekend. Credit: Bob King I’ve finally gotten enough sleep to be able to share...
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Falling Leaves, Free-falling Space Station
The view from the space station’s cupola on Oct. 6, 2015. Framed by the edge of a huge Station solar panel, the city of Moscow, Russia sparkles in the night with spoke streets streaming out across the...
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The Sound and the Fury: Hurricane Patricia vs. Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
Hurricane Patricia photographed earlier this afternoon from orbit by astronaut Scott Kelly aboard the International Space Station. He tweeted: “Looks menacing from the space station. Stay safe below.”...
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Wait … Is That Santa Or The Space Station?
Time exposure showing the International Space Station during a pass (left to right) spiced up by a modest display of northern lights. Credit: Bob King I see a bright light crossing the evening sky....
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See The Alphabet From Orbit
Earth knows its ABCs! The 26 letters of the alphabet as seen in a wonderful variety of land, water and cloud forms from orbit. Click for a high-resolution version. Credits: NASA, ESA. Images from the...
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Dinner Date With The Space Station
Expedition 46 flight engineer Tim Peake of ESA captured this photo on Jan. 29, 2016 from the International Space Station, as the robotic arm in Japan’s Kibo laboratory successfully deployed two...
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Spectacular Full Moon Launch Of Cygnus Ship To Space Station Tonight
The Cygnus spacecraft is encapsulated inside its payload fairing as it moves past the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credits: NASA/Dimitrios Gerondidakis A...
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Space Station Sails Back Into Evening Skies
“We see 16 sunrises every day,” tweeted NASA astronaut Tim Peake, “but I’ve never seen one as beautiful as this. Good morning Earth! This photo was taken on March 28, 2016 from the space station....
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Can Astronauts See Stars From The Space Station? The Moon?
A short time exposure with a 28mm lens records the spectacular southern Milky Way, layers of airglow and lightning storm on the nightside of Earth on August 9, 2015. Click for the monster file. Credit:...
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Weekend Space Station Extravaganza
Time exposure of the International Space Station as it glides beneath the Big Dipper during evening twilight. This weekend, skywatchers will have many opportunities to see the station pass overhead....
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August Is Space Station Spotting Time
NASA astronauts Kate Rubins (left) and Jeff Williams prepare to grapple the SpaceX Dragon-9 supply spacecraft from the International Space Station on July 20. The capsule carried nearly 5,000 pounds of...
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See China’s Tiangong-1 Space Station Before It’s No More
This is an illustration of China’s Tiangong-1 space station (left) docking with with a manned Shenzhou spacecraft. Chinese mission control has lost contact with the station, which is slowly falling to...
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Falling Leaves And The Perpetually Falling Space Station
Maple leaves come to rest on a sheaf of paper birch bark on the forest floor. Credit: Bob King October. Leaves are turning and falling. Autumn winds pluck them from the trees and send them bouncing...
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East Coast Alert: Spectacular Night Launch To The Space Station
This Antares launch map shows the rocket’s trajectory to the east this evening along with color-coded zones and a table you can use to determine how long the rocket will be visible after liftoff (L)...
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Celebrate The Power Of The Naked Eye In My New Book
I gotta a box of books! Advance copies of my new book “Night Sky with the Naked Eye” arrived this past week. It felt unreal to hold the actual book after many months of work. Credit: Linda Hanson If...
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Is That The Space Station Overhead? Heck Yeah!
The ISS is the biggest and consistently brightest satellite in the night sky. It’s visible this month moving from west to east during evening twilight. A typical pass lasts about 5 minutes. Credit:...
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