For those who are interested, here are high resolution pics of the International Space Station with the new module Harmony node 2 brought and added by the STS-120 mission crew (click on the thumbnails):

Impressive piccies...
Does anybody now if it is in a geo-stationary orbit, or what? I would love to be able to try and pick it out one night with Emmys telescope

Quote from Bladerunner :

Does anybody now if it is in a geo-stationary orbit, or what?

Nope it's not.
Here is the tracker of the ISS (requires Java):
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/index.html

Average altitude is about 350 km so it should be possible to see it with a good telescope

It's possible to see with the naked eye, quite easily actually, and the ISS is often mistaken for a UFO (although, technically it is a UFO to those people.. but let's not go into that). Most clear nights it is possible to see the ISS at least once, and it's usually visible for 2-5 minutes at a time.

Woohoo...06.39 on this Saturday morning!!
(/me starts cleaning lenses! )

Quote from Jertje :

It's possible to see with the naked eye, quite easily actually

But he wants to see details


BTW the space shuttle Discovery's first landing opportunity in Florida comes tomorrow Wednesday at 1:01 p.m. EST, with the deorbit burn coming about an hour before.
1:01 p.m. EST = 18:01 GMT/UTC = 19:01 CET

You can watch it live here:
Real player: http://www.nasa.gov/ram/35037main_portal.ram
Windows media: http://www.nasa.gov/55644main_NASATV_Windows.asx
Quick Time: http://www.nasa.gov/qtl/151335main_NASA_TV_QT.qtl

Amazing pictures. I've resized the second one to 1600x1200 for my wallpaper

Nice pics. I heard the ISS is now one of the brightest objects in the sky, because of the new solar panels. I'll have to give that tracker a try.

wow! nice pictures. I had no idea it was that big. that Canadarm looks pretty good in hte middle there EH?

Quote from Lotesdelere :

BTW the space shuttle Discovery's first landing opportunity in Florida comes tomorrow Wednesday at 1:01 p.m. EST, with the deorbit burn coming about an hour before.
1:01 p.m. EST = 18:01 GMT/UTC = 19:01 CET

You can watch it live here:
Real player: http://www.nasa.gov/ram/35037main_portal.ram
Windows media: http://www.nasa.gov/55644main_NASATV_Windows.asx
Quick Time: http://www.nasa.gov/qtl/151335main_NASA_TV_QT.qtl

Landing opportunity #1 taken, Discovery is on her way back to Earth.

Quote from Jertje :

The ISS is often mistaken for a UFO (although, technically it is a UFO to those people.. but let's not go into that).

*cough* most americans *cough*

Liking the pictures

That was uncalled for.

Am I the only one who thought this was a topic about International Superstar Soccer? Thats what Pro Evolution Soccer (Winning Eleven) was called before it came to the Playstation.

Anyway, nice pictures, perhaps a better thread title would be advisable though.