ksc – day 1
while in florida watching the shuttle atlantis head for the hubble telescope, i was able to visit kennedy space center and tour some of the complex close up. i saw the vab (vehicular assembly building) where they now prep the orbiter for missions. it once was used to prep the apollo crafts for the moon [...]
launching of atlantis for sts-125
i finally got to see the launch of a space shuttle. this was originally the trip i wanted to take back at the end of 2008. but a malfunction with the hubble in late september caused the october launch to be postponed to this past week. according to the tour guide, there were two parts [...]
two shuttles
sts-125 mission is the next shuttle mission for nasa. atlantis is prepped for launch on october 10 to do some repair work on the hubble telescope. my cousin (first and a half cousin?) sent me some links to photos of the shuttle taken by rod ostoski, a photographer who lives in florida. the set of [...]




