Wednesday, November 20, 2013

A look at NASA's Minotaur Rocket streaking across the East Village sky

Last evening, the U.S. Air Force launched an Orbital Sciences Minotaur 1 rocket into orbit from a (really?) Spaceport on Wallops Island, Va. Per HuffPo:

The nighttime launch could light up the sky for millions of observers along a wide swath of the Eastern Seaboard, and could be visible from just northeastern Canada and Maine to Florida, and from as far inland as Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky, depending on local weather conditions, according to NASA and Orbital Sciences visibility maps.

The rocket launched into space at 8:15 p.m. And acclaimed photographers James and Karla Murray got this shot ... as the thing traveled some 11,700 mph (per those nerds at space.com)... over our airspace...




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7 comments:

  1. 10:25 amNovember 20, 2013 at 10:25 AM

    To boldly go where no biscuits have gone before...

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  2. AnonymousNovember 20, 2013 at 10:29 AM

    awesome!

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  3. Mykola ( Mick) DementiukNovember 20, 2013 at 12:34 PM

    Said my brother after he saw your blog: Too bad we missed it. They were supposed to launch this a few months ago from Virginia and I was ready to watch it but right before the launch they cancelled it due to a problem.

    New York isn't really that fast anymore, is it? Haha!

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  4. GojiraNovember 20, 2013 at 12:49 PM

    Nice!

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  5. ShawnNovember 20, 2013 at 2:18 PM

    When you wish upon a star
    Makes no difference who you are
    Anything your heart desires
    Will come to you

    If your heart is in your dream
    No request is too extreme
    When you wish upon a star
    As dreamers do

    Fate is kind
    She brings to those who love
    The sweet fulfillment of
    Their secret longing

    Like a bolt out of the blue
    Fate steps in and sees you through
    When you wish upon a star
    Your dreams come true

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  6. AnonymousNovember 21, 2013 at 1:49 AM

    Fuuuck. I have a great view of the southern sky and I totally missed out.

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  7. AakritiNovember 21, 2013 at 2:54 AM

    wow,people of maryland must have felt awsome. i wish i were there to see the magic of NASA.
    Nasa's Minotaur I rocket

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