[Scan-DC] What Goes Up: Wallops Island and STS-130

[b_thom at juno.com]

There was a nighttime launch about three weeks before Gerald Ford died, which was in December 2006. It was widely reported that the launch could be seen up and down the East Coast. The reports were right. The trajectory for that launch was such that about eight minutes after the launch, I could see the light from the exhaust of the launch assembly. It was unmistakable.

I was on the steps of Alexandria's Masonic Temple. I had a pocket radio tuned to WTOP, still on AM then which announced that the Shuttle launch had gone off as planned.

---------- Original Message ----------
From: michael rumberg <m_c_rumberg at hotmail.com>
To: <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] What Goes Up: Wallops Island and STS-130
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 15:01:52 -0500

any chance this can be seen from the DC area (assuming it isnt cloudy)?

> From: b_thom at juno.com
> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 17:25:59 +0000
> To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net; ross.christman at charter.net
> Subject: [Scan-DC] What Goes Up: Wallops Island and STS-130
> 
> Look Up: What's in the Sky This Week?
> http://dcist.com/2010/01/look_up_whats_in_the_sky_this_week_5.php#comments
> 
> "Speaking of launches, mark your calendar for next Sunday, Feb. 7 -- and set that alarm clock early. Space Shuttle Endeavour, carrying the STS-130 crew to the International Space Station, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center at 4:39 a.m. This marks the last night launch for the space shuttle -- and if you've never seen a night launch, it's worth setting the coffee pot to brew early."

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