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Wordless Wednesday: Final Space Shuttle Landing, July 21, 2011
Attending NASA Tweetup for the Endeavour launch in April and May was amazing. Viewing the final space shuttle launch EVER was incredible. Invited to watch the space shuttle landing was an honor and humbling.
Continue Reading24 Hours: No Sleep, 400 Miles, Gallons of Caffeine, Business Luncheon and the Final Space Shuttle Landing Ever
BOOM-BOOM! That amazing, gut-feeling sound will stay with me forever because it’s the last time I, and anyone else, will ever hear it. Thursday morning it was the sound of NASA’s Atlantis signalling her return home on the mission STS-135, the final space shuttle mission. Oh, what a bittersweet day Thursday, July 21, was. Like […]
Continue Reading3…2…1…My First Space Shuttle Liftoff Experience
The dissipating crackling sound of space shuttle Endeavour reaching for the stars back on May 16 is still vivid. Yes, it’s been more than a month since I finally witnessed a space shuttle launch and it’s been a few weeks when I stayed awake to welcome her back on June 1. Thanks to my iPhone […]
Continue Reading#NASATweetup:Registration Opens June 1 for NASA Tweetup for Final Space Shuttle Launch
Do you have an interest in the space shuttle program? Did you marvel at it when you were a kid and dream about being an astronaut and floating in space? Would you like to meet an astronaut? Are you a Twitterer who follows NASA? Did you follow my tweets and blog posts about the incredible […]
Continue ReadingWordless Wednesday: Video of Space Shuttle Endeavour’s Final Launch
Of course this week’s Wordless Wednesday is about space shuttle Endeavour and NASA Tweetup. Rather than photos, enjoy this video not for the visuals but primarily for the sound. The sound of excited NASA Tweetup participants and the roar, thunder and crackle as Endeavour punched the sky. Yeah. Incredible stuff.
Continue Reading#NASATweetup – Wow!
Just over an hour ago, I finally fulfilled a dream of seeing a space shuttle launch. I watched Endeavour’s last mission into space with a front row seat on the water’s edge of Kennedy Space Center’s press area, just little over 3 miles from the launch pad. Seeing Endeavour light up, slowly lift (at least […]
Continue Reading#NASATweetup Redux STS-134: 70 Percent Go for Monday, May 16, 2011
*SQUEAL!!!* Now that the weekend is here and space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to launch on Monday at 8:56 a.m., I can SCREAM how excited I am! I’ve been cautiously optimistic and plan to remain so until I actually see the shuttle and hear the rumble so not to be disappointed if the dreadful “S” […]
Continue ReadingWordless Wednesday: People of NASA Tweetup
Was there any doubt this post would be about the NASA Tweetup at Kennedy Space Center, April 28 & 29, 2011? If you’ve been reading along, you know I’ve been inspired by many NASA people so it’s only appropriate this week’s Wordless Wednesday showcases some of these amazing folks I met and listened to this […]
Continue ReadingNASA Tweetup: “Holding a Cloud”
“It’s like holding a cloud,” Carol Adams (@caroladams1) of Raleigh, N.C., told me when I asked what it was like holding the small brick of aerogel. Aerogel is a silicon-based solid and 99.8 percent of the volume is empty space, making it the lightest known porous solid on Earth. NASA uses it to collect comet […]
Continue ReadingNASA Tweetup: Day 1, I’m Here!
Being navigationally challenged and unsure OnStar would get me to the NASA press credentials building for the NASA Tweetup, I’m here. The program will begin soon and the tent is buzzing with energy. Have I mentioned how excited I am?
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