Fuzzy and Debbie see a Clear Night Launch (Endeavour STS-126 Trip Report)
Michael Mauldin fuzzy@lazytoad.com
Friday, November 14th, 2008
Thanks to our congressional representative John Carter, we got
a VIP invitation to view the night launch of STS-126. We'd hoped for seats near the Saturn V museum, but
we got the VIP overflow area on the causeway, instead. Still we had a good view of the shuttle from there,
and the weather was beautiful.
Fuzzy finally got the whole trail (almost 7 minutes of it) on camera, showing a textbook parabola.
The moon rises over the Delta Assembly Bldg
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Endeavour sits ready on the pad
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The Vehicle Assembly Bldg
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Endeavour rises as a fireball
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A little higher and the trail of exhaust can be seen
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T+70 seconds
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There were few people to our left because an island blocked the view there
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Long exposure 6 min 52 sec (f22 w -3 stop ND filter)
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