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And around the world, hundreds of thousands of people are finalizing their plans to watch Atlantis liftoff. I am one of them.
News Stream had the good luck of covering Discovery's launch live back in February. It was awesome. I just couldn't miss the chance to see the last-ever shuttle blast away from Launch Pad 39A.
Up to a million other people feel the same way. Yes, that could be how many astro-nuts turn up for NASA's ultimate shuttle send-off. And I'm betting more than a couple will be first-timers like me.
I turned to the experts for advice: CNN's John Zarrella and Miami bureau supervising producer Kim Segal.
John has seen roughly 75 launches. (To put that in perspective, Atlantis is STS-135.) Though maybe I should say he has attended that many. As he points out, "I never get to really see oneâ¦!!! Iâm facing the camera with launch pad behind me. But I do cheat and take a peak."
Which leads into what I consider his most important words of wisdom, "I would addâ¦enjoy the moment. Look at it. Forget about taking a picture. You can buy better pictures of shuttles than you can take!!!"
Kim kindly indulged me even further and answered every question I could think of.
How many launches have you watched live?
I have no idea. I would have to count my press credentials, because I do save them, but the challenge would be finding them. They are in boxes with other credentials and notebooks from stories I have covered for CNN over the past 22 years.
What is your best launch memory?
I think my best launch memory was when Senator John Glenn went back into space on Space Shuttle Discovery STS-95. That launch took place 36 years after Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth when he was a Mercury Astronaut in 1962. It was an exciting launch and I had an unusual job that day. I was in charge of communicating with the Goodyear Blimp which worked with CNN to provide aerial pictures.
Just how loud is it?
It's not really very loud on the press mound. You can talk over the sound without screaming. I know this because during the most recent launches I have turned to my engineer while handing him my camera to ask him to take my picture.
Say someone couldn't get a ticket for the KSC Causeway. Where would you go instead?
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NASA on Tuesday released the first-ever image of a space shuttle docked at the International Space Station. The image, which shows the space shuttle Endeavour docked at the ISS, was taken from the Soyuz TMA-20 after it left the
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The astronauts are (clockwise from top right) Scott Kelly, Greg Chamitoff, Andrew Feustel, European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy, Michael Fincke and Greg H. Johnson. Picture taken May 26, 2011. Space shuttle Endeavour Commander Mark
These 23 pictures were taken during the past few weeks as Endeavour carried out her last mission, and the image you're looking at above is especially wild. The only way to take a picture of a space shuttle and the ISS at the same time is to have
First-Ever Photos of Space Shuttle Docked At Space Station ...
The photo-op arose because, by sheer coincidence, the Soyuz capsule was scheduled to come home while Endeavor was docked. Two such ISS missions have never overlapped before, said a NASA spokesperson. Realizing the rare opportunity, the astronauts and space agencies arranged a photo shoot.
After the Soyuz capsule took off on March 23, Mission Control Moscow rotated the ISS 130 degrees to provide Nespoli with an optimal view of the docked shuttle. With the capsule paused for a few minutes at 600 feet away, the astronaut managed to take video footage and dozens of photographs .
The images are likely to be not only the first but also the last of their kind, since NASA’s final shuttle mission flies in July.
[via NASA via BBC ]
If you look at it close enough, it almost appears like the top two sections are folded. Perhaps they do this when the shuttle docks?There is also quite a large shadow cast on the panels which brings up the question of how shadding affects the performance of the panels. Then again, these are NASA panels so there is probable some advanced tech that has yet to be declassified.
@JediMindset Are we going someplace? Maybe you are gone? When are you leaving? Actually have you arrived? Who will view them after we, you or me is gone? Why would they care to view them? Exactly how far in the future are you refering to, when we are gone and they are viewing this shots. Might they have something better to do; say looking at the new shots of the new spacecenter, sometime in the future when the earth is gone?
Great pic of Space Shuttle Atlantis on the launch pad. 
What kind do you like? My faves of ours are ANCIENT NASA space shuttle set...so old the plastic has turned sticky. I'll path a pic.
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