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| The Biggest Birthday Candle | My photographs from the launch of STS-124. Photo Credits: Mine |
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| Mary,
Astronaut Mike Mullane, and Jerry at the KSC Saturn V Visitor Complex |
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| STS-124 Awaits liftoff from launch Pad 39A | |
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| STS-124
main engine start |
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| SRB Ignition | |
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| Liftoff
of STS-124 |
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| Starting
to emerge from behind the launch tower |
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| Discovery
comes into view |
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| STS-124
has cleared the tower |
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| STS-124
raining fury on launch pad 39A |
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| Up,
up, and away |
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| Setting
sail for the heavens |
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| Discovery
sailing beyond its flag |
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| STS-124
passes behind a cloud |
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| STS-124
emerges from behind the cloud |
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| X
marks the spot |
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| STS-124
heads down range |
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| SRB
Separation Photo Sequence 1 |
SRB
Separation Photo Sequence 2 |
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| SRB
Separation Photo Sequence 3 |
SRB
Separation Photo Sequence 4 |
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| Post
Launch Birds flocking around Pad 39A includes a NASA Security
helicopter. |
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| NASA scheduled the launch of STS-124 for May 31, 2008. By sheer luck it coincided with my birthday. If the launch occurred on time, that would be the biggest birthday candle that I ever had. |