Monday, August 9, 2021

Up, up and away!

A lot of people say they would love to see a rocket launch, but Cape Canaveral is too far away, and they aren't Jeff Bezos or that Englishman...

But no problem! If you're in the mid-Atlantic, you might see the rocket's red glare from a launch at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia tomorrow!

The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket will head for the heights TOMORROW, August 10, at 5:56 p.m. Eastern time. This will be Northrop Grumman's 16th flight to deliver supplies, equipment and NASA science investigations up there to the International Space Station.


I capitalized TOMORROW because if you're on vacation or on the shore because you live there, you don't want to miss this free show.

From Maryland, Delaware, or Virginia, NASA recommends six prime viewing spots in those states:

  • The Wallops Visitor Center on Wallops Island in Virginia
  • Chincoteague Island in Chincoteague, Virginia
  • Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland
  • Ocean City, Maryland
  • Delaware Seashore and Fenwick Island State Park in Delaware
  • Virginia Beach, Virginia
5:56 PM tomorrow, Tuesday!


And you may also watch livestream:
  • Live coverage of the mission countdown is scheduled to begin at about 1 p.m. Tuesday on the Wallops IBM video site.
  • Launch coverage on NASA TV is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
  • Launch updates will be available on the Wallops Facebook page and Wallops Twitter page.

2 comments:

Andy Blenko said...

Remembering watching every space launch on TV as a kid.

Mark said...

We took turns going to the auditorium to watch on a little TV, Alan Shepard go up !