NASA - STS-118

Endeavor will launch in three minutes. It's main mission is more assembly for the station.

Side note, a teacher who went through the "Teacher in Space" program with Christa McAuliffe is going, too.

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Whew. The words, "throttle up" always make me a bit anxious. It's now in orbit.

Amazing.

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Watched from my backyard. Always an amazing sight.

Night launches are just spectacular - the whole of the eastern sky glows orange, and we are ~40 miles away!

Matt

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NO WAY!!!!! I've ALWAYS wanted to see a launch live.

I want to visit you.

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The best viewing is a ways from here along the river in Titusville - for the October launch, I plan to camp out there early in the day and set up to take pictures.

It's just amazing to see live.

Matt

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I hope you post those pictures.

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Ditto on a hundred miles away. I missed this one due to clouds

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