Tuesday, May 12, 2009

STS-125 Launch Day!

Finally, launch day for Hubble! Breda, her mom Jean and I got on our bus at 10am to head to the causeway on KSC. We set up with a great view of the shuttle and sitting among my HST coworkers.




They had a sound system set up to broadcast the official KSC commentary. They also had a countdown clock set up near our spot.





Tons of buses brought us to the causeway. Wish we coulda stayed on board with the AC blasting.





...3...2...1





Success!


And immediately after launch i had to rush home, shower and drive to the airport to catch my flight to houston:



More updates to come!