Shuttle is launching now! Night launch! Link inside!

[Silock]

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

Quick. You have about 2 minutes.

[alanm]

It was cool as always.

[Bwana]

Cool shots

[mikey23545]

Just watched it in person, about 60 miles away.

[Rain Man]

Is that the launch on their home page? All I see is a dot of light moving around.

[mikey23545]

Incredible. While it was still on the ground, but the engines had ignited, the whole sky lit up.

[Rain Man]

Just watched it in person, about 60 miles away.

That'd be cool. I've never really thought about it, but it'd be neat to watch a launch live.

[mikey23545]

Looked like dawn.

[mikey23545]

Saw the boosters separate and fall away, still burning.

[Skip Towne]

That'd be cool. I've never really thought about it, but it'd be neat to watch a launch live.

Ask Mikey if you can come to his house.

[mikey23545]

The rumble rattles the windows, but it doesn't get here till about a minute after the launch.

[mikey23545]

Ask Mikey if you can come to his house.

If he brings the beer, we're on.

[Bwana]

If he brings the beer, we're on.

FF Miles burned.......

["Bob" Dobbs]

Hey, Mikey, can youi really see much from 60 miles besides a fireball, maybe? That'd be so freakin' cool.

[Rain Man]

If he brings the beer, we're on.

Sounds good. I'm on my way. Can I have my own room, though? I figure it'll be a year or so before the next launch.

[mikey23545]

Hey, Mikey, can youi really see much from 60 miles besides a fireball, maybe? That'd be so freakin' cool.

Yeah, just a big fireball, and as I said, the whole sky lights up...the lighting effect on the clouds is hard to describe, but really cool. When the engines first light up, the clouds are illuminated from underneath...as the shuttle rises above them, the tops are illuminated...

[mikey23545]

Sounds good. I'm on my way. Can I have my own room, though? I figure it'll be a year or so before the next launch.

Yeah, I've got a spare bedroom, but your gonna have to park that apricot colored car in the back.

["Bob" Dobbs]

Yeah, just a big fireball, and as I said, the whole sky lights up...the lighting effect on the clouds is hard to describe, but really cool. When the engines first light up, the clouds are illuminated from underneath...as the shuttle rises above them, the tops are illuminated...Do you have any photos of that? Sounds cool!

[mikey23545]

Do you have any photos of that? Sounds cool!

No, unfortunately I'm not much at photography...