For the space fans out there like myself, you’ll be interested to learn that Kennedy Space Center recently opened the sale of launch viewing tickets for the upcoming launch of the STS-125 Space Shuttle Atlantis from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 1:34 a.m. ET. If you’ve never seen a night launch you really don’t know what you’re missing.
I remember one such launch as a teenager. While leaving a night church service, around I guess 8:00 o’clock, we were horsing around in the parking lot when all of a sudden we heard this loud noise, then the sky lit up with this amber like glow reminding me of a Fourth of July hand sparkler. And for the first time in a very long time we were awestruck by the launch of the shuttle. Being a Space Coast native you tend to the launches for granted, but that was a sight I will never forget!
The October 8 flight marks the fifth and final space shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. The last scheduled space shuttle flight will be Nov. 10 in which STS-126 Space Shuttle Endeavor will be the 27th U.S. mission to the International Space Station. The flight will deliver equipment and supplies with a reusable Multi-Purpose Logistics Module.
Tickets went on sale yesterday and will give visitors access to the closest public viewing site to the launch pad. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 321-449-4400 and visit www.KennedySpaceCenter.com. For information of cheap hotel rates during the launch visit: www.space-coast.com/Specials.
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