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Just saw the tail end.
Rocket launch Sept 6th
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Just saw the tail end.
kom526
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Watched the launch with my 11 year old. I was waiting for space.com to come up on my phone so I could watch the streaming video, but then the exhaust caught my eye and I thought, screw the phone. We were looking about 10-15* off but managed to see the climb, tilt and jettison of the 1st stage.
My boy thought it was really REALLY cool and I was/am very happy I could share that experience with him.
My boy thought it was really REALLY cool and I was/am very happy I could share that experience with him.
GWguy
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It was pretty nice from Solomons. Started as a huge orange glow from the horizon behind the Navy base, then this orange ball lifted up. It was a great view except for the one stinkin' cloud directly between Solomons and the launch. One cloud in the whole sky, and it had to be there!!!! Lost about 10-15 seconds of viewing.
Saw the stage separation as it continued north.
Pretty good turnout too. Just one yahoo who pulled up on his wing ding bike and shown his headlight right in my eyes just as the bird was lifting off. He did apologize.
Saw the stage separation as it continued north.
Pretty good turnout too. Just one yahoo who pulled up on his wing ding bike and shown his headlight right in my eyes just as the bird was lifting off. He did apologize.
GWguy
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WAY past your bedtime!!!
We watched it from the Gold Coast on base. We are homeschoolers and are studying astronomy, so this was a perfect field trip. There were quite a few people there watching. I think I read where there is another launch this month. I will have to look into it. The weather was perfect tonight! Pretty cool experience.
It almost makes up for the time we were coming back into Port Canaveral on a Disney cruise and were due to arrive close to Cape Canaveral around 4 am. A space shuttle launch was scheduled for around that time. We got up around 3 am and went up on deck. It was freezing cold! People were wrapped in blankets from their beds to keep warm. The deck was packed. We stood there waiting and waiting. (Scenes of the crowds on the deck of the Titanic came to mind). We could see the space shuttle clearly in the distance. A little after 4 word spread that the launch had been scrubbed due to wind and cold temperatures. Ugh! The crowd broke up fast so they could go get warm inside. It was still a neat experience to share with fellow vacationers though, I guess.
It almost makes up for the time we were coming back into Port Canaveral on a Disney cruise and were due to arrive close to Cape Canaveral around 4 am. A space shuttle launch was scheduled for around that time. We got up around 3 am and went up on deck. It was freezing cold! People were wrapped in blankets from their beds to keep warm. The deck was packed. We stood there waiting and waiting. (Scenes of the crowds on the deck of the Titanic came to mind). We could see the space shuttle clearly in the distance. A little after 4 word spread that the launch had been scrubbed due to wind and cold temperatures. Ugh! The crowd broke up fast so they could go get warm inside. It was still a neat experience to share with fellow vacationers though, I guess.
MMDad
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You live in the ocean?
MarieB
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Would love to see them
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RPMDAD
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NASA Eyes Glitch With New Moon Probe After Dazzling Launch
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — After a near-perfect launch late Friday (Sept. 6), NASA's newest moon probe has encountered its first glitch on the road to Earth's nearest neighbor.
NASA's robotic Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) blasted off atop a Minotaur V rocket from here at the space agency's Wallops Flight Facility in a dazzling Friday night launch that was visible from wide stretches of the U.S. East Coast.
Although the launch was nearly flawless, LADEE ran into some trouble right after its separation from the Minotaur V. The probe's onboard computer shut down LADEE's reaction wheels, which are used to stabilize the attitude of the probe in space, after noticing that they were drawing too much current. [See spectacular launch photos of NASA's LADEE moon probe]
But there's no reason to panic, NASA officials said.
NASA Eyes Glitch With New Moon Probe After Dazzling Launch
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — After a near-perfect launch late Friday (Sept. 6), NASA's newest moon probe has encountered its first glitch on the road to Earth's nearest neighbor.
NASA's robotic Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) blasted off atop a Minotaur V rocket from here at the space agency's Wallops Flight Facility in a dazzling Friday night launch that was visible from wide stretches of the U.S. East Coast.
Although the launch was nearly flawless, LADEE ran into some trouble right after its separation from the Minotaur V. The probe's onboard computer shut down LADEE's reaction wheels, which are used to stabilize the attitude of the probe in space, after noticing that they were drawing too much current. [See spectacular launch photos of NASA's LADEE moon probe]
But there's no reason to panic, NASA officials said.
NASA Eyes Glitch With New Moon Probe After Dazzling Launch
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RPMDAD
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Nice shot, just curious where were you watching from??
GWguy
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Nice. I was surprised at how orange it was.
http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html#.UivuPNO9KSM
Says Sept 17 1116am EDT. Will be about the same size from what I can tell but just to LEO (ISS) so vastly larger payload capacity. Orbital Antares launch platform. Probably will be quite hard to see midday from this side of the bay.
MarieB
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One frog, of unidentified species, is in “uncertain” condition after the LADEE launch from Virginia's Wallops Island last week, according to NASA.
The space agency reported on Wednesday that a still camera recording the LADEE spacecraft launch at Pad 0B at Wallops Flight Facility had taken “an intriguing photo of an airborne frog.”
Frog photobomb: NASA launches rocket, frog (+video) - CSMonitor.com
The space agency reported on Wednesday that a still camera recording the LADEE spacecraft launch at Pad 0B at Wallops Flight Facility had taken “an intriguing photo of an airborne frog.”
Frog photobomb: NASA launches rocket, frog (+video) - CSMonitor.com
