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z-man,
Thanks for the great photos.

Picture perfect...

Launch was so beautiful!

it was a beutiful sight!!!!....best of luck to the crew on there mission!

Crazy Navy Flyer wrote: Got it now but it's about 30 seconds behind the TV.

Eventhough it is behind, right now it is about the only thing I have to followup after the launch.

TV has already switched to other stuff.

Crazy Navy Flyer wrote:

SMLCHNG wrote:

Crazy Navy Flyer wrote:Wondering why I can't get NASA tv to play.

I dunno Steve. We're watching on TV here.

Got it now but it's about 30 seconds behind the TV.

i noticed that....i was watching it on c-span...but could hear the countdown on my computer!!!

Heidemarie's first spaceflight includes spacewalking.

http://space.com/missionlaunches/060824 ... lkers.html

“Just knowing that I am getting a spaceflight, not only that I’m getting to do two spacewalks, that in itself is pretty rewarding,”
Stefanyshyn-Piper said this month, adding that the assignment came on her birthday.
“Hopefully, my next spaceflight won’t be 10 years from now.”


Astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, STS-115 mission specialist, attired in a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit

Growing up with four brothers in St. Paul, Minnesota and her time in the Navy
prepared Stefanyshyn-Piper for her role as the sole female member of Atlantis’ STS-115 crew.

Joseph Tanner
EXPERIENCE: Tanner joined the Navy after graduating from the University of Illinois in 1973.
He earned his Navy pilot wings in 1975 before serving as an A-7E pilot with Light Attack Squadron 94 (VA-94) aboard the U.S.S. Coral Sea.
He finished his active service as an advanced jet instructor pilot with Training Squadron 4 (VT-4) in Pensacola, Florida.



http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/as ... anner.html

Still over at the coast... we were fortunate enough to be at one of the KSC viewing locations. Here's two ones I sized down and uploaded thru the laptop and cellphone connection.





-adrian

How about those Navy Flyers!!

For those with DIRECTV channel 376 is the NASA channel.

And the rest of the Mission Crew



STS-115 Mission Crew
-----------------------------------------------------------
Astronauts Brent W. Jett, Jr. (right) and Christopher J. Ferguson, commander and pilot, respectively, flank the mission insignia.
The mission specialists are, from left to right, astronauts Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, Joseph R. (Joe) Tanner, Daniel C. Burbank,
and Steven G. MacLean, who represents the Canadian Space Agency.

Wonderful shots, MTB! How exciting to be right there!!!

Beautiful launch shot.



http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegal ... e_652.html

MobileTikiBar wrote:Still over at the coast... we were fortunate enough to be at one of the KSC viewing locations. Here's two ones I sized down and uploaded thru the laptop and cellphone connection.

-adrian

Great shots!!

Thanx for sharing!

Here are a few:

Full frame (sized down) and 100% crop:

Slightly above the pad:

Solid Rocket Booster seperation (I couldn't believe that I was able to capture this!):

Here is a shot of some driftwood and seaoats in the sand dunes during launch

Love this shot from
http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail ... iaid=30038

MobileTikiBar wrote:Solid Rocket Booster seperation (I couldn't believe that I was able to capture this!):

now THAT is a cool shot!!!