I witnessed one Space Shuttle launch in 1982, and it was an unbelievable experience. The sounds that you hear, and the vibrations you feel are amazing. Here are a few pictures of the Endeavor launch, on November 14, 2008.
After lift off roll procedures, followed by a spec of light down range.
We are less than an hour from the launch of SpaceX, the rocket that will take two astronauts to the Space Station. Their only concern is the weather, but one of the astronauts just said this: Figure 1. Astronauts telling us that the sky just cleared up right above...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is raised into a vertical position on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A. NASA/Bill Ingalls Wendy Whitman Cobb, US Air Force School of Advanced Air and Space Studies On May 27, two American...
The Pale Blue Dot Do you remember the Pale Blue Dot Photo? It is a NASA photo of earth shown as a tiny speck in space. It was taken in 1990 by the Voyager I space probe 3.7 billion miles from earth. Carl Sagan, the scientist, suggested NASA engineers turn Voyager...
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