Godspeed Atlantis!

[Subdivisions]

Atlantis will launch in T- 9:00 and counting.

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/live_tv.html

[rockymountaindem]

1. Oooh, thanks for the reminder! n/t

[frogcycle]

2. 60 seconds

[MN ChimpH8R]

3. She's up and away

Watching this reminded me of when I was a kid back in the mid 1960s and they'd bring a TV into the classroom so we could watch Gemini liftoffs.

Cool!

[uppityperson]

4. very cool, thank you. Listening. 2:45 into flight, seperation occured.

all 3 engines going ok, looking ok so far. cool.

[MistressOverdone]

5. The flight was beautiful

in the twilight. And scary. Such power.

[Bake]

6. Awe inspiring.

Something we can still get right. Godspeed, indeed. I found myself holding my breath during the launch.

Bake

[Liberal In Texas]

7. She launched perfectly. My son is working the mission from the Front Room for the first time.

He's a Mission Controller and engineer for the propulsion systems.

Since he is now passed his certification and now in the "Front Room" (That part you see on TV) I hope I'll see him on NASA Select at some point.

He walked a lot of East Texas and Louisiana searching for debris when Columbia crashed.

I'm a proud papa.

Apparently, I raised a rocket scientist.