Press This for Video LinkIn case you missed it, early this morning [Wednesday, 11 March 2008] shuttle mission STS-123 was launched with equipment on board to be delivered to the orbiting International Space Station. Yes, we are still located here in Holt, Florida, but no, we are not close enough to the Cape Kennedy launch site to actually observe the launch, although, being one of about 25% of shuttle launches that have been accomplished in darkness, like earlier such events, I'm sure it was quite a spectacular sight for observers within a radius of many miles surrounding the area.
I've always been a great fan and supporter of our space program to the point of setting up my 35mm camera on a tripod to capture photos from the TV from the first lunar landing (no VCR's or DVD recorders in those days) and you could usually find me absolutely glued to the TV for just about any broadcast coverage. Today it is difficult to find much more than a brief mention of events on commercial TV and with our limited (and far from clear) reception in our current location, there was little chance of me seeing much of anything about this launch via the normal means; however, thanx to today's technology, I was treated to a superb account and view of events via NASA TV which I was able to view through NASA's site on the Web.
I'll not bore you with the details, but for those who are interested, you can access NASA TV via this link http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html and you can be sure you will see events unfold as you've never seen them before.
You can see just a bit of what I observed in the wee hours this morning at the following link; keep in mind that these are mostly screen shots so the resolution is a bit rough:
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