SHUTTLE LAUNCH

[jackie greaves]

Have seem a satalite launch but never a shuttle[msnsad]

[mfairhurst]

We saw PLUTO of from our florida room even though it was so far away was awesome. Would love to be there in JULY to see next one .
MAUREEN
www.onlinefloridavillas.com/villas/1683.com

[whitfield family]

We saw a shuttle land in 2001. We managed to find a place to park at the end of the runway along with lots of other people (I don't know if you can still do this after 9/11) and the shuttle flew over our heads so low that it only just seemed to clear the trees. Absolutely fantastic!

[pieman790]

One day we may get to see a launch. We have been to Florida so many times over the past 15 years and not once seen a launch.
Have a great time and enjoy it for all those people going to see the launch.

[wend]

I remember last year when we was at the villa I caught a count-down on the tele - I looked at my husband and then ran on to the pool deck to see a rocket that had just been launched (Titan rocket) - that was an amazing sight. So I will keep check and look East again from the pool deck when we are out in August.

Wend

[thornton]

It is one of things we have always wanted to see but never been lucky enough to be there when one takes place.

Jill

[pieman790]

I have just checked and its still all go for tomorrow.
Hope everybody that goes to watch the launch enjoys themsleves.

[tezz7628]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by joyce roberts
We watched a launch about 14 years ago in Florida. Sat on Cocoa beach with many others in a party atmosphere to watch. Great day!
J
[/quote]

went in '89 in a coach trip organised by hotel to cocoa beach hilton partying in the grounds all day and watched night flight

next one i remember was on the carpark of shopping mall on 192, impressive with the curly white clouds of the exhaust but no photos available as locked camera in car by mistake [msnmad] the mall must have had a small garage attached 'cause they opened the car for me [msnsmile2]

the third one i remember was from villa nr kissimmee
same impressive cloud formation watched on the telly also

for some time since finding nasa site been trying to watch nasa tv but now can receive it for some reason [?]

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/st...ont/index.html

[vanessag]

We saw a rocket that had been launched while watching the show in the evening at MGM, at first it didnt click what it was then we remembered a rocket had been launched, it was fantastic to see, we are hoping to see the shuttle launch in the summer, am just weighing up whether to risk getting launch day tickets just in case it does go up as scheduled as we are coming home on 31 August. Last summer we went up to Merritt park, that would be a fantastic viewing site but they close the park for 24 hours prior to the launch for safety reasons.

[steph_goodrum]

Lets hope it goes well today for them. One of the astronauts on todays flight is British and comes from Cranbrook in Kent.