Hello, I live in St. Petersburg, and I went out on my roof in hopes of seeing the shuttle pass as it headed for KSC to land. I wasn't very optimistic about actually seeing it though, since I wasn't sure if it would be high enough above the horizon or if it would be large enough to see. To my surprise, at about 11:00 UT, a bright fast moving "star" appeared to the south heading north-east. It was moving much faster than any ordinary plane. It was at about a 40 degree elevation (I'm not very good with estimating elevation, though, so don't take this too seriously). I was surprised at how high above the horizon it was. It was almost like looking at a satellite in orbit, except it was very bright and there were no stars out. The sun was coming up in the east, so I guess it caught the shuttle and made it easy to see. I looked at it through my binoculars, and I was able to make out a long cylinder with a point (the body). The body was the only thing that I could distinctly see and make out, but I did see things attached to it. As I watched it in the binoculars, it seemed to roll a little bit. At one point, I had taken my eyes away too look at it naked eye. It was small, and I couldn't make out anything distinctly. I was trying to find it again in my binoculars, since I thought maybe I could make out more detail as it descended, but of course, I had trouble finding it again. All of the sudden it was gone. I guess it was getting to far away, and the sun wasn't hitting it at the right angle. I'm not sure what time it disappeared. At about 11:02 I heard a loud boom followed immediately after by a smaller one. I have never consciously heard a sonic boom before, though. However this sounded like a good enough boom for me. It was fairly loud and scared all the birds out of the trees. I am assuming that this was the sonic boom. Well, that ends my story. I was very excited to see it, especially since I didn't think that I would and since I saw it as it landed. Happy satellite hunting, Andre "Muad'Dib" Beckus