Ignazio Magnani (@IgnazioMagnani), residing in Reggio Emilia, Italy, keeps his followers posted about the visibilty of the International Space Station and the composition of the crew aboard the spacecraft in orbit. His Twitter ID is a painting of Russian pioneer of space flight Yuri Gagarin, the first man to have done (12 April 1961) a space flight. Ignazio’s Twitter profile is a tribute to space exploration and the research to improve our quality of life.
🌏New Zealand from Space https://t.co/FFVCiNuQPX
🗓13 May 2017🇳🇿South Island@RealLucyLawless @BenSRachinger @forestnymphmfc @whskr @UCNZ🌏 pic.twitter.com/zW1lSXdD0G
— Ignazio Magnani (@IgnazioMagnani) May 14, 2017
🇳🇿Otago
🇳🇿Southland
The @Space_Station is visible to
the naked💥eye at 6:57 pm 🕖
everywhere [ if clouds allow ]🌏@64by61 @whatifdunedin pic.twitter.com/lzooLvhKMR
— Ignazio Magnani (@IgnazioMagnani) May 14, 2017
International Space Station
Current crew #Exp51🇺🇸Jack Fischer
🇷🇺Fyodor Yurchikhin🇪🇺🇫🇷T. Pesquet
🇺🇸P. Whitson [ CDR ]
🇷🇺O. Novitskiy pic.twitter.com/IBFvGD5UyO— Ignazio Magnani (@IgnazioMagnani) May 14, 2017
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Dunedin-based astronomer and dark skies proponent Ian Griffin (@iangriffin) keeps an eagle eye out for happenings overhead, often with superb and astonishing camera results. To obtain these shots of the overhead pass Ian used a 9.25inch Celestron with a Sony A7S2 camera.
Woah! Tonight from Dunedin, @Space_Station is passing virtually overhead at 18:59. Remember to look up! #Dunedinisgreat
— Ian Griffin (@iangriffin) May 14, 2017
Hey look everyone. The @Space_Station passed over Dunedin & I shot some pics through my telescope. The details are cool! #space #astronomy pic.twitter.com/kEu6sCNlTP
— Ian Griffin (@iangriffin) May 15, 2017
Close up of the @Space_Station taken through my telescope tonight from #Dunedinnz #astronomy #Astrophotography pic.twitter.com/4H7MqkZVcr
— Ian Griffin (@iangriffin) May 15, 2017
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Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) is NASA’s page for updates from the International Space Station, the world-class lab orbiting Earth 250 miles above. For the latest research, follow @ISS_Research.
The 1st spacewalk at station took place Dec. 7, 1998. The 200th spacewalk at station will take place Friday morning. https://t.co/ovJuuFaDPn pic.twitter.com/gaQ6Uq7K01
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) May 11, 2017
The first spacewalk at station took place on Dec. 7, 1998. Today's spacewalk with @AstroPeggy & @Astro2Fish will make 200 at station. pic.twitter.com/1Ga5K0vTPZ
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) May 12, 2017
Spacewalkers waiting for "Go" from Mission Control before entering airlock. pic.twitter.com/aMBN3Y3A5B
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) May 12, 2017
.@AstroPeggy and @Astro2Fish are in airlock with hatch closed. Depressurization has begun. pic.twitter.com/z9DnZ6HG2S
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) May 12, 2017
.@AstroFish begins his first spacewalk with @AstroPeggy who is on her ninth. Expected to last about 4 hours. https://t.co/ABuQAkBBBI pic.twitter.com/WV4c2lBb20
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) May 12, 2017
.@Astro2Fish rides the robotic arm toward @AstroPeggy to help remove and stow gear. https://t.co/yuOTrZ4Jut pic.twitter.com/ErY5vheFFy
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) May 12, 2017
.@Astro2Fish and @AstroPeggy are installing a new avionics box this morning that powers and sends data to external science experiments. https://t.co/uYF2TglJTw
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) May 12, 2017
Spacewalkers finished installing avionics box. They move on to @AMSISS work which measured 100 billion cosmic rays. https://t.co/yuOTrZ4Jut pic.twitter.com/4RS2b1fq53
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) May 12, 2017
.@Astro2Fish floats in microgravity while tethered to the station's Pressurized Mating Adapter-3. https://t.co/yuOTrZ4Jut pic.twitter.com/OyqOsAlFoO
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) May 12, 2017
.@AstroPeggy and @Astro2Fish wrap up 200th station spacewalk at 1:21pm ET after 4 hours, 13 minutes. https://t.co/yuOTrZ4Jut pic.twitter.com/JRFSH0tNwF
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) May 12, 2017
.@AstroPeggy and @Astro2Fish spacewalked outside last week to install and swap space station hardware. #SpaceToGround pic.twitter.com/315oObPXab
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) May 15, 2017
The Exp 51 crew is exploring how living in space affects bone health and fluid shifts inside astronauts. https://t.co/oAMayA7LVN pic.twitter.com/U4hluwaIC5
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) May 15, 2017
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In other news….
Inmarsat-5 F4 Mission
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will deliver Inmarsat-5 F4, a commercial communications satellite, to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). As the industry leader and pioneer of mobile satellite communications, Inmarsat has been powering global connectivity for more than three decades. SpaceX is targeting launch of Inmarsat-5 F4 from historic Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 49-minute launch window opens on Monday, May 15, at 7:21 p.m. EDT, or 23:21 UTC. A backup launch window opens on Tuesday, May 16, at 7:21 p.m. EDT, or 23:21 UTC.
⏱T -3 h.
🇺🇸Florida
🚀Rocket: #Falcon9 (1st stage no landing)
🛰Payload: #I5F4 Inmarsat https://t.co/jXuThNckhB📑info: https://t.co/De5xXR5a8c pic.twitter.com/3HUYpfopkn
— Ignazio Magnani (@IgnazioMagnani) May 15, 2017
⏱T -90 min.
🇺🇸Florida
🚀Rocket: #Falcon9 (1st stage no landing)🛰Payload: #I5F4 by https://t.co/jXuThNckhB
📺LIVE TV https://t.co/ac6A21zSfU pic.twitter.com/1a4UQO3hmO
— Ignazio Magnani (@IgnazioMagnani) May 15, 2017
Quick video recap of Falcon 9 launch of Inmarsat-5 Flight 4 pic.twitter.com/W8eVUEsH6r
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 16, 2017
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