Space Shuttle Endeavour
Wordless 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 – Seeing Rollback of the Rotating Service Structure
The huh? You read right, rollback of the rotating service structure. No, it’s not something Walmart and NASA have teamed up with. The RSS is that big thing off to the left of the space shuttle. You can read the NASA definition of it here but basically, it protects the shuttle and provides access to […]
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” […]
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