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Re: (meteorobs) Observing meteor from space



> I searched the web and found nothing about a meteor observing
> program performed by any space crew.

Well, it wasn't a systematic 'program', but here's an interesting
anecdote: When German cosmonaut Thomas Reiter reported on his long
stay onboard Mir for the first time at a news conference, he called
the sighting of a fireball below the space station the most stunning
sight during his complete (!) space journey.

Also the official crew video by the astronauts who fixed the Hubble
Space Telescope in 1993 contains a wonderful meteor caught with an
image intensifier camera from orbit, and this is certainly not the
only case.

Does anyone know whether the space shuttles still routinely carry
these intensifier cameras in their payload bay, now that almost all
missions go to the ISS that would block its view? And is there a plan
to mount such a camera on the ISS permanently?

Daniel

P.S.: I sent an e-mail to the NASA web site about the ISS program
before this year's Leonids, raising the possibility of observations
from space - guess who never even bothered to reply ...
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