I’ve decided to take the leap and have booked a ticket for Friday. The weather reports are still at a 60% chance for launch, but are looking more promising than they were yesterday. I’ll fly down in the morning and will be at the press center by 11am EST, in time for the crew walk out to the astrovan, a not-to-be-missed moment of the countdown. I leave you today with another photo I took minutes after the night launch of STS-123 on March 11, 2008.

—Image Credit: Susan Poulton












