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--Apple-Mail-5-1016781131 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed As of 2 p.m today, Aug 20th, the Heavens Above predictions are showing that the shuttle is trailing the space station by about 30 seconds so it may be a bit more than that by this evening's pass. Weather predictions are calling for clear skies this evening. Sherman Sherman Williams shermw@xcountry.tv > > VIEW TOMORROW EVENING (Monday, Aug 20) > A higher pass is possible at an earlier time tomorrow evening > (Monday), beginning near 8:55 p.m. and reaching the peak at about > 8:58 p.m. and lasting until about 9:00 p.m. The path is out of the > west, and across the southwest, maximum altitude reaching about > half way up from the horizon (higher seen from Yarmouth, lower > from Sydney). According to the Heavens Above predictions, the > STS-118 should lead the ISS by a few seconds. The pass is high > enough so that the ISS should be the brighter of the two. > > The track of this pass puts the two craft passing overhead above > the Atlantic just a few km south of Yarmouth (go to < http:// > www.heavens-above.com/PassDetails.asp? > SatID=32008&lat=45.367&lng=-63.300&alt=23&loc=Truro&TZ=AST&Date=39314. > 9987691667 > and click on GROUND TRACK). You get both the sky track > against the stars and a ground track beneath the craft. > > If you want a prediction fitted closer to your location go to > < http://www.glinx.com/~sherm/iss_pass_schedule.htm > , choose a > place nearest you; when the schedule comes up click on HOME near > the top of page and it will take you to Heavens Above with the > page set for giving the ISS and STS-118 predictions for the place > you chose (look under the heading SATELLITES). If you wish to get > really specific, you may edit your location under CONFIGURATION on > the same page. > > Viewing via the NASA camera is at < > http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html > under > <title_watch_nasa_tv_now.gif> > > Hopefully we will have a clear sky. > > Sherman > > > Sherman Williams > shermw@xcountry.tv > > > > --Apple-Mail-5-1016781131 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">As of 2 p.m today, Aug 20th, the = Heavens Above predictions are showing that the shuttle is trailing the = space station by about 30 seconds so it may be a bit more than that by = this evening's pass.<DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Weather predictions are = calling for clear skies this evening.</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Sherman<DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Sherman = Williams</DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"mailto:shermw@xcountry.tv">shermw@xcountry.tv</A></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></DIV><DIV><BLOCKQUOTE = type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">VIEW TOMORROW = EVENING (Monday, Aug 20)</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">A higher pass = is possible at an earlier time tomorrow evening (Monday), beginning near = 8:55 p.m. and reaching the peak at about 8:58 p.m. and lasting until = about 9:00 p.m. The path is out of the west, and across the southwest, = maximum altitude reaching about half way=A0 up from the horizon (higher = seen from Yarmouth, lower from Sydney).=A0 =A0According to the Heavens = Above predictions, the STS-118 should lead the ISS by a few seconds. The = pass is high enough so that the ISS should be the brighter of the = two.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The track of = this pass puts the two craft=A0 passing overhead above the Atlantic just = a few km south of Yarmouth (go to <=A0<A = href=3D"http://www.heavens-above.com/PassDetails.asp?SatID=3D32008&lat=3D4= 5.367&lng=3D-63.300&alt=3D23&loc=3DTruro&TZ=3DAST&Date=3D39314.9987691667"= >http://www.heavens-above.com/PassDetails.asp?SatID=3D32008&lat=3D45.3= 67&lng=3D-63.300&alt=3D23&loc=3DTruro&TZ=3DAST&Date=3D= 39314.9987691667</A> > and click on GROUND TRACK). You get both the = sky track against the stars and a ground track beneath the = craft.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">If you want a = prediction fitted closer to your location go to=A0</DIV><=A0<A = href=3D"http://www.glinx.com/~sherm/iss_pass_schedule.htm">http://www.glin= x.com/~sherm/iss_pass_schedule.htm</A>=A0> , choose a place nearest = you; when the schedule comes up click on HOME near the=A0 top of page = and it will take you to Heavens Above with the page set for giving the = ISS and STS-118 predictions for the place you chose (look under the = heading SATELLITES).=A0 If you wish to get really specific, you may edit = your location under CONFIGURATION on the same page.<DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Viewing via the NASA camera = is at <=A0<DIV><A = href=3D"http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html">http://= www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html</A>=A0> = under=A0<SPAN><DIV><title_watch_nasa_tv_now.gif></DIV></SPAN></DIV><= DIV><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></