Am 31.05.2011 14:56, schrieb Jim Holsenback:
> Was up at 4:30 this AM hoping to get one last view of the ISS/Endeavor
> configuration and to my surprise they had already separated from one
> another. They were about a fists width apart (at arms length) Endeavor
> in the lead. I always bring my binoculars, so I decided to have a look.
> I was able to make out the bottom shape of the shuttle ... it's going
> west to east so the heat shield had plenty of sunrise bouncing off it to
> make it stand out.

There's something special about such scenes. I once had the occasion to 
see the ISS and shuttle orbiter shortly before docking. Even if it's 
man-made, there's some kind of holy touch to it, if you know what I mean.

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