STS-134 Launch : May 16, 2011

Endeavour's final flight

A quick tour of two viewing sites.

Port Canaveral: Campers along the road, 8 hours to launch (132k)	Port Canaveral: 13.1 mi to pad (32k)	Kennedy Point Park: 12.2 mi to pad (36k)	cIMG_8531.JPG (32k)
cIMG_8542.JPG (36k)

A less well known site north of the launch pad. Times are EDT (GMT -4).

pIMG_8547.JPG (28k)	cIMG_8553.JPG (40k)	pIMG_8561.JPG (40k)	Jupiter, Venus, Mercury and Mars. (top to bottom) (44k)
pIMG_8565.JPG (68k)	cIMG_8569.JPG (52k)	cIMG_8578.JPG (128k)	pIMG_8588.JPG (136k)
pIMG_8601.JPG (120k)	pIMG_8605.JPG (68k)	Many of these will be flying and getting plastered on cars later in the day... (152k)	STA practice approach to SLF Rwy 15 (40k)
Other spectators... (248k)	cIMG_8639.JPG (84k)	08:55:40 (T-00:48) (68k)	08:56:20 (T-00:08) (68k)
08:56:22 (T-00:06) (68k)	08:56:24 (T-00:04) (68k)	08:56:26 (T-00:02) (68k)	08:56:28 (T-00:00) (68k)
08:56:29 (T+00:01) (68k)	08:56:30 (T+00:02) (72k)	08:56:34 (T+00:06) (76k)	08:56:36 (T+00:08) (60k)
08:56:40 (T+00:12) (52k)	08:56:44 (T+00:16) (52k)	08:56:50 (T+00:22) (36k)	08:56:57 (T+00:29) (68k)
08:58:49 (T+02:21) (64k)	08:59:53 (T+03:25) (64k)	pIMG_8676.JPG (80k)	Boaters on Mosquito Lagoon (80k)

The plan here was to frame a shot with the palm tree. The expected trajectory would take the shuttle up along the tree and over the sun.

Black Point Wildlife Drive and vicinity.

cIMG_8805.JPG (164k)	cIMG_8809.JPG (160k)	pIMG_8811.JPG (128k)	Clouds of lovebugs (72k)
cIMG_8838.JPG (116k)	cIMG_8841.JPG (104k)	cIMG_8844.JPG (112k)	Ospreys with chick near LC39 gantry (108k)
cIMG_8862.JPG (132k)	pIMG_8873.JPG (116k)	cIMG_8876.JPG (112k)	cIMG_8880.JPG (92k)