Shuttle and Station

I had another good view of the space station and space shuttle last night, on very similar orbits but about 20 seconds apart. Since it was Thanksgiving in the United States, a large number of dinner guests also got to see the sight. The shuttle landed this morning, but the station is making a pass right over Los Angeles this evening, reaching magnitude -3.4, brighter than Jupiter at its brightest, behind only the Moon, Venus, and Iridium flares in terms of brightness. Again, Heavens Above is a great site for getting satellite predictions for your location.