Space Shuttle

Shuttle Discovery Launch – STS-131

April 5, 2010

When I went outside this morning to view the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery, I did not intend to then come in here and write about it, but here I am. I just love watching shuttle launches. And that’s a big problem. The space shuttles are going extinct, and I’m just not “okay” with that. [...]

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STS-129 NASA Tweet-Up

March 27, 2010

Social media. Those two simple words are so powerful that just mentioning them almost inevitably brings something to mind. I bet you just had something pop into you brain after you read it. It may be Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, a podcast, someone you got back in touch with, a new circle of friends, or any [...]

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STS-129 QuickCast 02

November 17, 2009

This is a special episode of PFPL. David is on-location at NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center Press Site for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-129 to the International Space Station. This QuickCast was recorded only a couple of hours after the launch of Atlantis during the bus ride back [...]

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Summer Afternoon Space Shuttle Launches

July 15, 2009

So why would mission managers and rocket scientists, presumably some of the smartest people on this planet, decide to set a launch window right smack dab in the middle of a thunderstorm-infested summer afternoon? Sounds like a pretty simple decision, right?

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