I had won the drawing for one of my group's seats on the bus so I could go out to the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) and watch Atlantis come home after a successful mission. Myca and I were all set to go.
Unfortunately, as you can see from the picture below, the weather was not on our side. It was taken on the NASA causeway looking toward the Vehichle Assembly Building (VAB). The SLF would be behind the VAB, a bit further north and slightly west. They don't like that many clouds around when they need to bring an Orbiter home.
They ended up deciding that the weather was better at the other landing site in California. The change in location meant Myca and I had to watch the landing the same way as everybody else at Kennedy: on TV.
So, since I don't have any cool "Atlantis is Home" pictures, here are a few from the Atlas V launch last week.
Thanks this week go to David for letting me borrow his bus pass for my picture. I was going to get mine from HQ before boarding the bus and since landing got moved I never made it. Thanks also go to IT-C for use of their camera and vehicle for the Atlas Launch, and to Bill and Wyck for putting up with my childish excitement as the rocket went up.
Next week I am being sent out to JPL, so there will probably not be an update. If I get any cool pictures while I'm in California I might be able to share, I just can't promise Myca will be making an appearance. We'll see. Take care until next time.
2 comments:
What are you going to do at JPL?
Space Cadet
I guess it's best described as "Technical Interchange". I will be meeting with people working on simulation technologies, specifically ones supporting the Constellation Program. They'll show us some of their tools, my travel buddy and I will show them ours, we'll get to see some of the facilities, maybe eat in what I hear is the best cafeteria in all of NASA...stuff like that.
I have a whole day with the group that owns a rover simulator I've been reading about. They've worked with payloads like Spirit and Opportunity, and the tool as a whole sounds really neat. I'm looking forward to finally seeing it. This will also my first trip to CA, so I'm very excited about that too. Should be a great visit. :)
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