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		<title>Trip to see the Shuttle Launch</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know it has been awhile, between bad weather and just being busy I have not had a chance to get out and do any observing in over a month. This past weekend Sandy and I decided to take a trip down to Florida to try to catch the launch of the Shuttle Endeavour &#8211; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know it has been awhile, between bad weather and just being busy I have not had a chance to get out and do any observing in over a month.</p>
<p>This past weekend Sandy and I decided to take a trip down to Florida to try to catch the launch of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-127">Shuttle Endeavour &#8211; STS-127</a> with was scheduled to launch at 7:17 AM on Saturday, June 13, 2009.  The launch was scrubbed <a href="http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2009/06/sts-127-scrubbed-due-to-gucp-leak-launch-moves-to-net-june-17/">due to a problem with a hydrogen leak while fueling</a>.  </p>
<p>We did not find out about the problem and the canceled launch until we had already arrived at <a href="http://www.titusville.com/Page.asp?NavID=207">Space View Park in Titusville, FL</a> at around 3:00 AM the morning of June 13th.  So here are a few shots I took of the view across the river to launch pad that was all lit up.</p>
<div id="attachment_420" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.suffolksky.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dsc_0026.jpg"><img src="http://www.suffolksky.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dsc_0026-300x201.jpg" alt="Space Shuttle Endeavor on the Launch Pad June 13, 2009 approx 4:00 am from Space View Park Titusville, FL" title="dsc_0026" width="300" height="201" class="size-medium wp-image-420" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Space Shuttle Endeavour on the Launch Pad June 13, 2009 approx 4:00 am from Space View Park Titusville, FL</p></div>
<div id="attachment_425" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.suffolksky.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dsc_0060.jpg"><img src="http://www.suffolksky.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dsc_0060-300x201.jpg" alt="Shuttle Endeavour - STS127 - June 13, 2009 - approx 4:00 AM" title="dsc_0060" width="300" height="201" class="size-medium wp-image-425" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Shuttle Endeavour - STS127 - June 13, 2009 - approx 4:00 AM</p></div>
<div id="attachment_424" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.suffolksky.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dsc_0066.jpg"><img src="http://www.suffolksky.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dsc_0066-300x201.jpg" alt="Suttle Endeavour on the Launch Pad at Kennedy Space Center" title="dsc_0066" width="300" height="201" class="size-medium wp-image-424" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Suttle Endeavour on the Launch Pad at Kennedy Space Center</p></div>
<div id="attachment_421" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.suffolksky.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dsc_0055.jpg"><img src="http://www.suffolksky.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dsc_0055-300x201.jpg" alt="Space Shuttle Endeavor - STS127" title="dsc_0055" width="300" height="201" class="size-medium wp-image-421" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Space Shuttle Endeavour - STS127</p></div>
<p>The bright &#8220;star&#8221; in the upper left of this image is the planet Venus</p>
<div id="attachment_422" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.suffolksky.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dsc_0025.jpg"><img src="http://www.suffolksky.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dsc_0025-300x201.jpg" alt="Venus and the Space Shuttle Endeavour on the Launch Pad at the Kennedy Space Center" title="dsc_0025" width="300" height="201" class="size-medium wp-image-422" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Venus and the Space Shuttle Endeavour on the Launch Pad at the Kennedy Space Center</p></div>
<div id="attachment_427" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.suffolksky.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dsc_0048.jpg"><img src="http://www.suffolksky.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dsc_0048-300x201.jpg" alt="Shuttle Endeavour - STS-127 - June 13, 2009" title="dsc_0048" width="300" height="201" class="size-medium wp-image-427" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Shuttle Endeavour - STS-127 - June 13, 2009</p></div>
<p>Kind of a bummed about the launch being scrubbed, still a good trip and it was neat to see the launch pad all lit up.  I hope that we can make it back down there for another launch.</p>
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