The other night I was watching a special on the Cassini/Huygens probe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini-Huygens

The tech is pretty remarkable, but, I am always facinated by the timing.

NASA took this ship, flew it to Venus and used the planet to slingshot it out to Jupiter.

They know where the planets will be in the future but to plan thing out that far in advance.......incredible.

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The last few nights were great for watching the shuttle and ISS pass overhead.

The best possible sighting is after the split up and chase each other across the sky. Last night they were both visible for two passes.

I also got a glimpse of another satellite passing overhead.


Again, NASA tells you when and where to look and they always deliver.

(they did have a typo/error in the listings this mission, They fixed it later on!)