Layla’s Astronaut “space buddy” Peggy Whitson is on the ISS, and will be flying overhead tonight on the space station. Layla is known for being the butterfly girl, and it all started with Peggy Whitson. Peggy made such an impression on Layla, FaceTiming her, sending messages, mission patches, posters, signed autographed photos in her spacesuit with a personal message to Layla, and we made sure to release a butterfly on her birthday each year. Layla first noticed peggy on NatGeo’s “One Strange Rock” and her crown jewel episode of the series, the finale, called, “Home,” where they talk about transformation of caterpillars to butterflies at Peggy’s home in Beaconsfield, Iowa.
NASA, Artemis, and Peggy, are aware that we are aware of this event and that we will be watching from below and it will be the 3rd brightest object in the sky and takes about 5-7 minutes to transit. San Diego, Austin, Boston and more will have best views tonight with more in the coming nights. Turn your phones sideways, record in widescreen, 16:9 and tag me on Instagram @thebeaconscollective or @cancerrevengers and I’ll grab them. I told them I’d take all the recordings, do something special with it, and send to all of those mentioned above. So get out there tonight and be part of a world wide, and out of this world, way to honor Layla.
Download the app “Spot the Station” and it will show you best view but also it has an AR mode to show you where it is and is tracking.
BEST VIEWS THE NEXT FEW DAYS
San Diego: 9:29 tonight
Boston: 11:02 tonight, 10:13 tomorrow
Austin 9:55 tonight
Tag your widescreen, 16:9 videos on Instagram to @thebeaconscollective @cancerrevengers From Fiji, to Costa Rica, to Mexico and so many more, Layla saw so much of the world. But in the link below, is a video of her viewing the world from the ISS, in virtual reality.
“Layla is going to see the world,” I said.
We succeeded.
Let’s get out there and honor her.