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Space Shuttle Launch
Posted on March 4th, 2011 No commentsWritten by: Keith Kirkland
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Don’t miss this great opportunity.
You may have already seen that Endeavour is due to launch in April this year for the last time.
We were in Florida last year and took the opportunity to watch one of the rocket launches from Cape Canaveral. It was amazing.
We travelled to Titusville and parked up along the Indian River to watch the launch. We sat by the waterside and was fortunate to be parked next to the wife of the Operations Manager for Cape Canaveral. So we were getting up the the minute updates on when it was going to launch.
As the rocket launched we could see it take off in the distance and then a minute or so later the sound hit us. It was superb to see - a once in a liftime opporunity. We have some great photos.
Once it had disappeared into the atmosphhere we stayed in Titusville and explored the Launch Park nearby that had a couple of memorials.
Then to finish off the day we visited Dixieland for a meal and had their speciality Rocket Prawns. A superb finish to a liftime experience.
So if you get the chance this Easter do not miss the launch of Endeavour
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Ares Racket Launch - Cape Canaveral
Posted on November 4th, 2009 No commentsWritten by: Keith Kirkland
Authors WebsiteWhat a sight it was to be there on 28th October 2009 to see the lauch of NASA’s new Ares Rocket. It was amazing!
The launch was due on Tuesday 27th but got dealayed so we decided to visit Titusville to watch the launch on Wednesday. We had read that we could watch FREE from Titusville - Space View Park but in fact ended up just by Merritt Island. We were lucky in that we parked next to a lady whose husband was an Operations Engineer at the Space Centre. So we had a direct line in to get up to date news.
The rocket launched at 11.30am that morning and what a site it was. From where we were we had direct line of sight and an unobstructed view of the take-off.
A Space Shuttle Launch is scheduled for November so if you get the opportunity head for Titusville.
After our once in a lifetime experience we headed off to the Dixie Crossroads Restaurnat in Garden Street. We went for the Broled Rocket Shrimp (Titusville being the only pace to get them) and they were amzaing. Great service and great food.


