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Kennedy Space Center-To the Space Station...or Not
The day we went to the Kennedy Space Center was Sunday the 23rd. We got up early for the drive to the Space Coast. The drive took less time than expected so we ended up waiting for the admission booth to open. We decided to take the Up Close Tour that ...
Calling on Canaveral
... for Luna or Mars, but I'm sure whatever they're cooking up for the future will be making headlines in due time. Once I left Cape Canaveral, I drove (mostly through rain) for a little over three hours to the Flying J in Brunswick, GA. Tomorrow I plan ...
NASA - Kennedy Space Center
... preparation to take off and then floating in space - sensations sounds and sights of the real deal... Rainy Day in Cape Canaveral we also watched the 3D IMAX movie about the International Space Station. So we're well into the simulators ...
Kennedy Space Centre(er)
The 'hurricane' turned out to be nothing much - at least not where we were. We waited a day and let it blow over anyway. Paid lots of $$ to visit the Kennedy Space Centre, but worth it. Got to see the shuttle waiting to be launched on July 1, from some ...
Ein abgeSPACEter Tag
Heute war nun also das Kennedy Space Center bei Cape Canaveral angesagt. Wir buchten die Tour, die uns ganz nah, also bis zu 3000 Fuss ans Space Shuttle heranbrachte, welches bereits auf seiner Startrampe auf den bevorstehenden Launch am 31.05.08 wartet. ...
Cape Canaveral - der Weltraumbahnhof
... 'ltigkeit des Weltalls, die die Existenz der Menschheit plötzlich so unbedeutend machen. Anders als man glauben mag ist Cape Canaveral kein riesiges Industriecenter sondern eher ein großer Naturpark. Hier lassen es sich die Alligatoren, Störche und ...
gators, dolphin and rockets
We got up and out early today, and drove about 45 minutes south to see rockets at NASA. It was AWESOME! I've never been there before. Matthew was there when he was 12 (circa 1982) but that was before shuttles were the NASA thang. I think the ...
Launch of Shuttle Discovery lights up night sky!
... of the external fuel tank. Foam breaking off the tank at liftoff caused the damage that killed Columbia's seven astronauts. CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida Preparations are on schedule for NASA's first nighttime space shuttle launch in four years as the space ...
Rockets and Astronauts
Kennedy Space Center was awsome!!! Its a fantastic little place for kids...and we beat them all getting there early again and doing all the stuff before they could :-) Apart from all the rockets, etc, we had a good time listening to the ...
Spaceport USA
... do so I would recommend it to anyone who is old enough to appreciate it. There may have been huge advances since 1987 at Cape Canaveral, but if not - it isn't really an exciting place for kids (especially in the wake of Disneyworld). Check out the photos ...
NASA
We did the full tour of NASA, including lunch with an Astronaut. Refer to Photo's. We were amazed that a shuttle starts its landing above Australia and only takes about 50minutes from Australia, whilst an aeroplane takes about 16 hours! Hard ...
Out of this World
... at Patrick AFB which I have discovered is located right across the street from the ocean and serves as launch support for Cape Canaveral. No jets here. Temps are perfect although climbing quickly. My black and beige wardrobe is a little out of sinc ...
History in the making...Endeavor shuttle launch
... iPhone app. Jetty Park was north of Cocoa Beach and south of the greyed out gov't land which included Nasa's facilities and Cape Canaveral Airforce Base. Looked like a perfect viewpoint from Google's map. As we pulled up to the park entrance, there was ...
Kathy, This One's for You
SOMETIMES WORDS JUST GET IN THE WAY. THIS BLOG BROUGHT TO YOU THANKS TO MRS. PATRICIA BOLTON WIFE OF BRIG. GEN. EDWARD BOLTON JR. COMMANDER, 45TH SPACE WING AND DIRECTOR EASTERN RANGE, PATRICK AIR FORCE ...
Timing is everything...
We had a bit of time to kill before meeting up with friends for dinner so we hung out at the Cocoa Beach area. Having had our fair share of beach outings, we stayed inland and visited, Ron Jon's, "The Largest Surf Shop in the World!" We love shops that ...
Day 2
Great day. Travelled to the John F Kennnedy Space Center. A launch is due 11 May so we hope to see it. Apart from rockets, space shuttles and simulators, both Eileen and Barbara got the autograph of an Apollo astronaut - their own Luke Skywalker! A ...
Left Blue Springs toured Kennedy Space Center
We awoke early to get to Kennedy Space Center by 9:00 about 1 hour south east of Blue Springs SP. We toured all exhibits including a great IMAX 3D movie of the shuttle and the International Space Station. We then had lunch with an Astronaut ...
Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-127
We (my brother and I plus our kids) purchased tickets to witness the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavor (STS-127) on June 13th (http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/) from the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex ...
Waiting on Seatow
This is a real time entry in the blog as I sit here waiting for Seatow come come pull us off the mud. One of the hazards of 'going inside' is the ICW is in very bad shape. It is supposed to be a consistent 12 feet based on the corp of ...
Cape Kennedy and the Mouse
... so off we went. By the time we started north from Vero Beach, it was 10am and and by 5:00 I was heading in the Cape Canaveral Barge Channel. It was one of those rare glimpses of what some call "old Florida". The canal led directly ...
Anything is possible
A visit to the Kennedy Space Centre and Cape Canaveral is a must for everyone who can make it. It is as important as a visit to Jerusalem, Rome, the Pyramids or any other great historical location. What was achieved from this small island was the ...
Houston, we have a problem
... Quarter. Rita necessitated a change in routing. Wilma had us glued to the weather channel to see whether we would lift off to Cape Canaveral. They're about to run out of English names for hurricanes this season and move onto Greek ones, for the first ...
Orlando...visiting NASA
Hey, So i went to Florida after my Dawson's Creek/One Tree Hill adventure. It was humid the minute my plane landed. I had a late flight so i arrived at 5pm and was at my hotel by 6.30 after taking a shuttle. I only went to Orlando for one sole reason, ...
Kennedy Space Center
We traveled from Orlando to Kennedy Space Center for a days visit to the home of most of US space explorations. Our hotel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . From Kennedy Space Center, my ...
Kennedy Space Center
Das Kennedy Space Center ist eine patriotische aber ebenso faszinierende Stätte. "One small step...." Um die Apollo Missionen dreht sich vieles. Und eine solche Rakete ist wirklich wahnsinnig lang, gross und eindrücklich. Die Astronauten sassen ...
To Infinity And Beyond!
On Monday, we headed south to West Palm Beach, but made a stop in Cape Canaveral to see the Kennedy Space Center. I had never been there before, and the last time Gabe was there he was 6, and was the day before the Challenger blew up - wow! Unfortunately, ...
Wellllll......
So the end of the cruise... We were up bright and early and went down to Artist Pallet to have breakfast. No escargot, no eggs Benedict. It was at Breakfast that we found out that one of Rays friends had heard from his family that his Grandfather had a ...
Spaced Out! Touring Kennedy Space Center with Zach
Another long day on our feet, but still such fun sharing these things with Zach! Again - many pictures to share...later! ...
Arriving in Port Canaveral
I met my sisters, and we drove to Cape Canaveral. Linda made arrangements for us to spend one night on our return at the Radisson where we could park our car for free while gone. We arrived at the hotel, and there are lots of ...
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