Arriving in Orlando on Monday morning, after a midnight redeye
Kennedy Space Center visitor center, Monday night. Notice that I'm clean shaven.
Rocket silhouettes (and ominous clouds)
Shuttle on the pad, Monday night
Launch viewing crowds
KSC building
Wednesday: decided to stay. Thunderstorm from my new hotel room
Driving out to KSC (try 3, this time in a rental car)
Detoured to Titusville to check out Space View Park (scouting viewing locations for future launches)
VAB, viewed from Titusville
When you pack for only two days, you don't bring a shaver. When two days turns into a week, this is what happens.
Storm on Friday night, a few hours before launch. Not a comforting sight.
Rainbow over the shuttle model at the visitor center. A good sign!
Shuttle on the pad, Friday night
Spectators
Me, an hour before launch. That's the shuttle over my left shoulder.
1-second interval shots of the first seconds of the launch
Shuttle illuminating a cloud over the launch site
Saturday morning: VAB (Vehicle Assembly Building), where they assemble the orbiter, external fuel tank, and solid rocket boosters. Built for the Apoll
Space Shuttle Main Engine
Crawler-transporter. Perhaps you saw it on Dirty Jobs.
Launch Complex 39A over my shoulder, where the shuttle launched the night before.
Saturn V
Saturn V + me
