Have a nice flight, Endeavour!

[Feralpeg]

I just went out to watch Endeavour launch. I wanted it to be special since this is the last night launch. Sadly, we have a lot of cloud cover. I saw the shuttle for just a couple of seconds and then it went behind the clouds. Still, an awesome sight!

I hadn't been back in the house for 30 seconds and started to pour! Talk about timing!

 

[Mikelly1221]

We just went out to see it and saw nothing. I was running back and forth between the house & the yard checking to see if it had gone. Too much cloud cover.

Is this the last night launch ever for the Space Shuttle program?

 

[golfgal]

Why is it the last night launch--tile problems?

We saw a night launch during our first Disney trip--DH and mine anyway--way back in 1996. It was pretty cool!

 

[diznygirl]

I just went out to watch Endeavour launch. I wanted it to be special since this is the last night launch. Sadly, we have a lot of cloud cover. I saw the shuttle for just a couple of seconds and then it went behind the clouds. Still, an awesome sight!

I hadn't been back in the house for 30 seconds and started to pour! Talk about timing!

Lucky you - it was raining here while we watched. But that's how much we wanted to see it.

 

[vanillamickey]

I went out to see it- and I did. It was just a little orangeish-red ember. Well, at least that what it looked like

 

[whjoyjr]

Why is it the last night launch--tile problems?

We saw a night launch during our first Disney trip--DH and mine anyway--way back in 1996. It was pretty cool!

The desire to be able to record the ascent to determine if there are any issues associated with launch.

 

[schmitty]

I saw it really clearly from my apartment. I took a video of it and will upload it onto youtube and paste here once its up. Its a cellphone video but still decent enough quality. It looks like a fire ball in the air but you can tell the difference when the SRBs are on and when they are off.

 

[Fast Pass]

I went out to see it- and I did. It was just a little orangeish-red ember. Well, at least that what it looked like

I just watched my first shuttle launch then! I saw that same looking ember and thought what a weird plane. I feel so happy-I saw a piece of history tonight!
I didn't hear any sound though, isn't there suppose to be a big BOOM that accompanies the shuttle?
Oh well, thanks Vanillamickey for making my night!

 

[Mikelly1221]

The big boom happens when it returns as it's breaking the sound barrier. The boom is a sonic boom.

I hope there is at least one more night launch-we had our kids out to see it and they were disappointed. I've seen them (they are pretty cool!) but I don't think they have.

 

[Feralpeg]

Why is it the last night launch--tile problems?

We saw a night launch during our first Disney trip--DH and mine anyway--way back in 1996. It was pretty cool!

Since the shuttles are going to be retired, I assume this is the last time they will try to launch at night. I don't keep up with it that much, but that is what they were saying on the news.

 

[Mikelly1221]

Since the shuttles are going to be retired, I assume this is the last time they will try to launch at night. I don't keep up with it that much, but that is what they were saying on the news.

Aw, that's disappointing. Oh well, we'll just have to make sure we see the next daytime launch.

 

[ClarabelleCowFan]

Oh wow I didn't realize it was the last night launch. How sad. The night launches are a sight to behold. I have seen them from the press area (where the big countdown clock is) and the sky gets so bright that it looks like it is noon on a sunny day! Unforgettable.

 

[kerrynic78]

We watched it from our front porch, our neighborhood looked like it was day time, amazing!

 

[chyam]

Had a pretty good view of it from here (St. Pete) we were at Ribfest to see Styx but went down to the water and watched it, It looked like it just missed the full moon......also after you could see it's trail for a long while after we couldn't see it anymore. It was beautiful, the red of the shuttle next to the moon.

 

[safetymom]

We stood in the rain watching for it. We saw it for a few seconds before it went behind the clouds.

 

[sorcerormickey]

We had a BEAUTIFUL view! Watched it until it was just a tiny little speck in the sky. It was so amazing!!

 

[BPCooper]

Since the shuttles are going to be retired, I assume this is the last time they will try to launch at night. I don't keep up with it that much, but that is what they were saying on the news.

This is not true, and I don't know why the news would report this rumor. It was by no means the last planned night launch.

 

[safetymom]

The news stations and paper here in Orlando reported it. It wasn't a rumor to them.

 

[BPCooper]

The news stations and paper here in Orlando reported it. It wasn't a rumor to them.

They are wrong. The Orlando Sentinel had that up on their website, and later removed it.

The same rumor was reported by news for STS-116 in Dec. 2006 and again this past March for STS-123.

 

[Feralpeg]

This is not true, and I don't know why the news would report this rumor. It was by no means the last planned night launch.

Well, it has been all over the news here. On the local stations and in the newspaper. They are usually pretty accurate on what is happening here. I just mentioned what I heard.