May 11, 2009
Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches for 30th Space Mission
This afternoon, the Space Shuttle Atlantis left for its thirtieth mission in space. For the 2:01 p.m. flight, Monty and I hustled ourselves to the top of the church's hill property to get a good unobstructed view of the launch. Unobstructed except for the massive wall of clouds formed by the sea breeze just before 2 p.m. this afternoon. Just in time to interfere with our shuttle viewing.
We arrived just a few moments before actual lift-off. Jeff Cooper was there with a couple of his relatives.
Even though it wasn't the most visually impressive launch I've ever seen, there is something terribly powerful about the sheer force necessary to send those astronauts to the Hubble Telescope. We're cheering them on to another successful mission.
Posted 1 year, 5 months ago on May 11, 2009
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