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For years I have been
planning to catch a Shuttle Launch or some sort of Space Boat blast off.
Well Finally I have had the opportunity to watch several. The really great
part is I have a convenient platform to take pictures from and my brother
in law let me use his absurdly wonderful Canon 600mm lens. The
shuttle launch pad is around 14 miles away. And the Deltas and Atlasii are
maybe 8 miles or so.
While the photos don't really do the launch process much justice it is
a nice reminder of the visceral experience of the rumble you feel and the
sense of power. But mostly it's just cool.
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Space-X Launch COTS-1
12-8-2010 |
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SSpaceX a private company
launched its Dragon spacecraft into orbit atop a Falcon 9 rocket at 10:43
AM EST from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in
Florida. This was a demonstration flight.
The tested numerous systems and procedures to lead up to the commercial
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STS-125 Launch
7-15-2009 |
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Hubble Servicing Mission 4
Being an avid astro
imaging guy this mission was near and dear to my heart. |
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| STS-128 Launch
9-21-2009 |
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Mission to
International Space Station. Night Launch
around midnight.
Very Cool. |
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| Delta II
9-25-2009
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50's technology is
still cool. The launches of "regular"
rockets are pretty nifty. |
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| Ares 1-X
10-28-2009
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Test Flight of the
next generation space boat. |
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| STS-129 Launch
11-16-2009 |
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Mission to
International Space Station |
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| STS-130 Launch
2-8-2010 |
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Mission to
International Space Station |
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