Space Shuttle Atlantis - Launch (11/12/09) tix on sale 10/20/09

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Wow!!

Those are some very cool pictures!! Thanks for sharing

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Those are some very cool pictures!! Thanks for sharing

Seriously!! I hope you don't mind, I have copied them and sent them to my favorite 4 year old NASAphile. Due "friend of a friend" credit has been given

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Seriously!! I hope you don't mind, I have copied them and sent them to my favorite 4 year old NASAphile. Due "friend of a friend" credit has been given

No problem. I'll try to remember to pass them on when she sends them to me. In fact, here is one more specially for your favorite 4 year old NASAphile.

Buzz Lightyear returns from his stay on the International Space Station.


And, just one more.
STS-121 Final Inspection Team - I [not me, friend's dd] am one those guys in the orange suits....the bottom of the shuttle booster is in the background!

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Thank you, Luanne! These are great!! He is going to love them!

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For your viewing pleasure and compliments of my insider at KSC.

STS-128 Launch - Cool night shot!


STS-114 going vertical in the VAB for stacking.


A neat shot of some cool weather on roll-out. (I believe this was a launch that was scrubbed and launched later)

Great Pics

When I was in School I like every other kids wanted to work for NASA. I used to ask them to send me pictures and sure enough they always mailed me some beautiful 8 by 10 pictures of the moon or planets or there rockets. Note sure if they still do this but after almost 40 years I still remember it. I think I must still have them somewhere in my attic.

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There is a launch next Tueday (10/27/09)

Ares I-X Rocket: NASA Unveils its New Baby - CBS News

Slender, 327-Foot Rocket is U.S.'s 1st New Craft in 3 Decades; Set for Pivotal Test Launch in 1 Week
NASA rolled out its first new space craft in about three decades early Tuesday morning, a towering, spindly rocket called the Ares I-X.

The Ares is slated for an Oct. 27 test flight, the culmination of a $445 million project which has become NASA's top priority, has America's space community buzzing with anticipation.

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When I was in School I like every other kids wanted to work for NASA. .

My best friend's dd (the one who works at KSC) said, when she was 7, she wanted to be an astronaut and a doctor. Well, she now works at KSC, for NASA. She has worked on the launch site, and now sits on the Safety Council (either the youngest woman ever, or one of the youngest). She said that with what she now knows she wouldn't want to go up in a shuttle, but she loves what she does. Oh, by the way she is also a certified paramedic. So, she got darn close to the astronaut and doctor thing. Can you tell I'm proud of her? I think of her as my "first daughter".

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Space shuttle Atlantis - launch set - Nov. 16 at 2:28 pm ET

STS-129 Flight Readiness Review has completed at KSC. Managers have set Nov. 16 at 2:28 pm ET as official launch date for shuttle Atlantis.

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Blast off set for today 2:28 pm ET

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Blast off set for today 2:28 pm ET

And I found out my friend may be giving the final okay from the Safety Council. If anyone is listening to the broadcast (I think you can get to it on the NASA site) and hears a female voice, that's her.

WooHoo! I'm listening (and watching) the live launch right now. She did do the sign off for the Safety Council. Launch is only a few minutes away now.

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Care to see the thoughts of Astronaut Nicole Scott from the International Space Station? Check it out at Nicole Stott (Astro_Nicole) on Twitter

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View live video feed from the Space Shuttle/ International Space Station / Space walk at NASA - NASA TV