Saturday, January 24, 2009

The crew of STS-119 pose in front of space shuttle Discovery at Launch Pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on January 20, 2009.
NASA / Kim Shiflett

TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY, I’ll hopefully be heading back to Florida to see in person space shuttle Discovery (above), and changes that are being made to a nearby launch pad (below) to prepare it for NASA’s next generation launch vehicle, the Ares rocket. Can’t wait...

Construction nears completion on the second of three new lightning towers at Launch Pad 39-B at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on January 22, 2009.
NASA / Kim Shiflett
Posted by Richard Par at 11:57 PM
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