The Final Frontier...

Today is SPACE DAY!!! My broseph and I went out to Kennedy Space Center and watched the Space Shuttle Atlantis get beamed up into the sky to go give a hug to the Hubble telescope. Here's a pictoral review of the day:


Looking refreshed at 6am waiting for our late tour bus. Don't worry, the morning glow went away real fast...

We were greeted by an astronaut at the Kennedy Space Center. I don't think anyone told him he wasn't in space anymore, although he fakes weighlessness very well.

The Rocket Garden. That's right, a garden of rockets...or perhaps q-tips?

On the causeway, our first potential viewing location, scrapped. BUT you can see the blur of the Atlantis.

Second attempt viewing location: much better. complete with food stands, bleachers, and a countdown clock. This may or may not have been a private area...

I don't know what this building is.

I don't know what this building is, either.

This maybe is the vehicle assembly building. Or maybe I just made that up. But it has the giant NASA emblem on it. Pretty cool.

And for your viewing pleasure.....

Cool, right?

The vapor trail, post-launch. Call me crazy, but I secretly wanted it to blow over us and rain Hydrochloric Acid on us, just to say we got baptized by the space shuttle. Something to tell the grandkids.

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