I <3 space

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Poppy Cede

Jen from For the Birds and her husband Andy both work for NASA. They were at the launch for STS-122 Space Shuttle Atlantis yesterday. Andy took video, Jen took photos. Their footage:

So. beautiful.

A link to Jen’s original post which includes more pictures is here.

15 thoughts on “I <3 space”

Creature SH on February 8, 2008 at 12:17 said:

That second photo suggests a rather unfortunate vector. :pfft:
bdogg_mcgee on February 8, 2008 at 12:22 said:

Sooooo jealous. HDNet had live coverage of the launch yesterday, but I didn’t record it b/c the TiVo didn’t have enough capacity.
:angry:
Poppy Cede on February 8, 2008 at 12:25 said:

Creature, I hear ya. While I was watching I was optimistic (since I hadn’t heard any bad news and Jen didn’t write anything sad) but a little scared of how the shuttle was whirling.

B, LOTS of YouTube footage! And you at least have a TiVo. :grins: (I know, I’m a smartass.)
Kyra/the108 on February 8, 2008 at 12:37 said:

Holy cow… those are fantastic shots!
Avitable on February 8, 2008 at 13:10 said:

Would it be bad if I wanted to relate some Challenger jokes here?
Poppy Cede on February 8, 2008 at 13:14 said:

Kyra, I agree.

Avi, it’s what came to mind when I was watching the video. It’s been 22 years now, right? So, probably not bad but slightly timelessly tasteless.
Avitable on February 8, 2008 at 13:17 said:

No such thing as tasteless!

Hey – what did you use to do your Flickr badge? I like yours better than mine.
Poppy Cede on February 8, 2008 at 13:38 said:

Well, then what are you waiting for? A diamond-encrusted invitation?

Uhhhhhhhhhh, Joefish set it up for me. :grins: I’ll give you the code in email.
Maman on February 8, 2008 at 14:52 said:

I thought of it too… but then I was watching that launch that morning… so it tends to freak me out
Jen on February 8, 2008 at 19:33 said:

Hehe, an unfortunate vector. That is how the launches always look from here- it is because the shuttle has to travel a good way downrange to achieve orbit. It just looks like it goes up and then comes down, but it really goes up and then goes out over the ocean.

Thank for the plug, Poppy!
Sybil Law on February 8, 2008 at 20:53 said:

That is flippin’ saweeeeeet!
Sybil Law on February 9, 2008 at 00:07 said:

Poppy! I come bearing gifts!
Actually – awards! I am giving you many awards.
You are so special.
Poppy Cede on February 9, 2008 at 09:52 said:

Maman, yah. It’s hard not to think of it. I have a documentary about Christa McAuliffe that’s really, really good if you want to torture yourself with the details.

Jen, thanks for posting it! I :pinkpuffyheart: your shuttle close-up photo. Mesmerizing…

Sybil, toooootally. And, um, see my question about the awards. All three of the bottom ones?
NYCWD on February 9, 2008 at 15:18 said:

There’s just something about a long, hard object piercing the veil between earth and heaven… that brings a smile to my face.
Poppy Cede on February 9, 2008 at 15:32 said:

That is dirty.

Dirty Dawg.

Dirty, dirty.

:hand: