Shuttle Launch
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Where have you heard this information?
I'll be in Florida around that time aswell and would love to see one go up.
Kennedy will be rammed but it's so flat and clear out there you don't need to get especially close....
I saw/heard one land last year.
Atlantis only came back last week though - are you sure another one's going up?
I'll be in Florida around that time aswell and would love to see one go up.
Kennedy will be rammed but it's so flat and clear out there you don't need to get especially close....
I saw/heard one land last year.
Atlantis only came back last week though - are you sure another one's going up?
Launch Schedule for June from Kennedy Space Centre;
Date: June 13 +
Mission: STS-127
Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Endeavour
Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A
Launch Time: 7:17 a.m. EDT +
Description: Space shuttle Endeavour will deliver the exposed facility of Japan's Kibo laboratory to the International Space Station.
Date: June 17
Mission: LRO/LCROSS
Launch Vehicle: United Launch Alliance Atlas V
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station - Launch Complex 41
Description: LRO will launch with the objectives to finding safe landing sites, locate potential resources, characterize the radiation environment and test new technology. The Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, mission is seeking a definitive answer about the presence or absence of water ice in a permanently shadowed crater at either the Moon's North or South Pole.
http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.h...
Date: June 13 +
Mission: STS-127
Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Endeavour
Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A
Launch Time: 7:17 a.m. EDT +
Description: Space shuttle Endeavour will deliver the exposed facility of Japan's Kibo laboratory to the International Space Station.
Date: June 17
Mission: LRO/LCROSS
Launch Vehicle: United Launch Alliance Atlas V
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station - Launch Complex 41
Description: LRO will launch with the objectives to finding safe landing sites, locate potential resources, characterize the radiation environment and test new technology. The Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, mission is seeking a definitive answer about the presence or absence of water ice in a permanently shadowed crater at either the Moon's North or South Pole.
http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.h...
Edited by Red Firecracker on Friday 29th May 14:23
Red Firecracker said:
Launch Schedule for June from Kennedy Space Centre;
Date: June 13 +
Mission: STS-127
Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Endeavour
Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A
Launch Time: 7:17 a.m. EDT +
Description: Space shuttle Endeavour will deliver the exposed facility of Japan's Kibo laboratory to the International Space Station.
Date: June 13 +
Mission: STS-127
Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Endeavour
Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A
Launch Time: 7:17 a.m. EDT +
Description: Space shuttle Endeavour will deliver the exposed facility of Japan's Kibo laboratory to the International Space Station.
I went to a launch at KSC in 1992 delayed twice, two lots of tickets and two days wasted, went back in 2001 and delayed one day, went back the next day, no tickets wasted this time. Unlikely I'll be going back there before they are cancelled.
ETA original thread
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Edited by Steve748 on Friday 29th May 15:47
Borris-Bear said:
Just found out that theres to be a shuttle launch on 13th June and by happy coincodence will be in Florida then so would love to go and watch.
Can anyone recommend any good viewing spots (with some sort of address that i can plug into the tom tom i'm taking with me)
thanks
Don't rule out the LRO launch on the 17th. It's not quite as impressive as a shuttle launch, but it's still bloody good. It will be less packed, although the viewing sites are a little more limited. Can anyone recommend any good viewing spots (with some sort of address that i can plug into the tom tom i'm taking with me)
thanks
Look on the forum at www.nasaspaceflight.com.
WorAl said:
just be in florida on the day of the launch, you will see it if you look south.....I was at seaworld (International Drive, Orlando) and saw it quite well.
KSC is almost due east of downtown Orlando. I'm fortunate in some respects and can watch the launches from my back garden.The space coast gets jammed solid with people wanting to get as close as possible, so be prepared for some big traffic to and from Merrit Island on SR528. The Causeway over the intercoastal waterway is a good place to see the launch (once it's left the ground - as the Vehicle Assembly Building blocks the view of the pad(s) from the causeway. Alternatively, the Space Park on the other side of the waterway at Titusville is good, but extremely busy, so you need to get there early. The noise and ground-shaking are pretty spectacular, given that Titusville is several miles from the pad.
As others have said, be prepared for a bit of 'tooing and froing' - they sometimes scrub the launches, with minutes to go.
Everyone should see a Shuttle Launch before they are retired.
Especially the night time launches, absolutely phenomenal for a combination of
A) hairdryer air blast
B) the noise
C) "Let There Be Light!"
Check the NASA website for details, when I saw it you had to queue at the centre for free tickets a set period before launch.
Especially the night time launches, absolutely phenomenal for a combination of
A) hairdryer air blast
B) the noise
C) "Let There Be Light!"
Check the NASA website for details, when I saw it you had to queue at the centre for free tickets a set period before launch.
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