Taylor and I have been closely following Discovery's last mission since it took off on February 25th.
We have enjoyed the NASA app on the iPod, giving us updates, live feed, and pictures and sighting dates and times.
What an awesome world God has made. All these views from the Shuttle and the International Space Station just blow me away. Makes you feel very small when you see just a bit of the cosmos God has made, and it also amazes me that there are people living up there in that ISS floating around and around way up above us.
This week the whole family finally witnessed first-hand, the ISS and the Shuttle passing by our city. The sky was clear and cold and perfect. We had a sighting on Monday around 7pm, when the two were very close together, and then again last night around 7:22pm. Orbiting over 17,000 miles an hour, they moved rather quickly through our sky.
Taylor was able to get a great picture last night, you can check it out on her blog...
http://taylorjoyphotography.blogspot.com/
At the time of this writing...32ish minutes to landing! Discovery has spent a total of 365 days in space over all the years and missions it has been on. It is fun stuff and we have learned so much these past 12 days. I can honestly say, I would not make a good astronaut...However, I do applaud them and appreciate modern technology and being able to witness these exciting times.
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