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good evening/afternoon see7,, aether and ac uk,,
walking the dog tonight was interesting indeed,,
the clear skys allowed a visionary delight,,
it is very busy up there at the moment,,
and no areoplanes in sight,,
much love,,
Quoting: nobody 35434763 Hello nobody, your walk sounds splendid. :) I found this earlier and found it interesting. Dragons being a theme lately. SpaceX's Dragon Space Capsule Visible in Southern Night Sky The private Dragon space capsule launched by SpaceX on Friday (March 1) is chasing the International Space Station, giving stargazers in the Southern Hemisphere a chance to spot the two spacecraft in the nighttime sky tonight.
SpaceX's unmanned Dragon capsule was slated to arrive at the space station early today (March 2), but a thruster glitch on the spacecraft (which has since been fixed) delayed that plan to no earlier than Sunday, extending the spacecraft sighting opportunities for stargazers.
When the two spacecraft finally meet, the space station's robotic arm will grapple Dragon and attach it a connecting port. Both spacecraft will then appear as a single bright moving "star," weather permitting.
But while the two vehicles remain separated from each other, it will give ground observers an opportunity to watch the SpaceX Dragon capsule and the International Space Station visible as separate entities, appearing as moving lights sailing across the twilight sky. [ link to news.yahoo.com] 
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