Space Shuttle blasts off
The Space Shuttle Endeavour's wee-hours launch was a success. Endeavour is scheduled for the longest Shuttle mission ever, 16 days. I hope the crew members aren't hoops fans! They're going to miss Selection Sunday and the always-exciting opening weekend of the tourney! :)
Anyway, the Shuttle is scheduled to dock with the ISS late tomorrow night, and undock on Monday the 24th at 7:55 PM EDT. There will be an excellent viewing opportunity here in Knoxville about 24 hours after the time of scheduled undocking, so hopefully everything stays on schedule this time.
I never saw a night launch before. Wow, is it beautiful.
Posted by: Leanna Loomer | Mar 11, 2008 9:18:46 AM
Oh yeah, and BTW, the shuttle commander is a graduate of The University of Tennessee.
http://knoxnews.com/news/2008/mar/11/ut-grad-lifts-commander-shuttle-endeavour/
I'm guessing that a lot folks probably don't know that Tennessee has one of the preeminent programs for space education in the country: http://www.utsi.edu/
Posted by: Jay Johnson | Mar 11, 2008 9:19:48 AM
Jay, I am sure Vandy students would love to add to their arsenal that Tennessee students are a bunch of space cadets. ;-)
Posted by: Andrew | Mar 11, 2008 10:44:49 AM
Yeah, Vandy doesn't really count, since for the most part, it's a school full of Yankees who couldn't get into a real Ivy. Basically, any opinions they may have are completely irrelevant.
Posted by: Jay Johnson | Mar 11, 2008 11:07:39 AM
I'm sure Tennesse would prefer to label them rocket scientists.
Posted by: gahrie | Mar 11, 2008 7:33:32 PM