Last Ever Night Shuttle Launch Visible From Eastern United States

[pokerfan]

ETA: weather permitting, of course.... :)

By Joe Rao
SPACE.com

People in the eastern United States will get a great opportunity, weather permitting, to see the space shuttle Endeavour launched into orbit early on Sunday morning, Feb. 7. And it will also likely be the very last opportunity ever to see a space shuttle blast off at night.

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/spot-the-night-shuttle-launch-100205.html

[krispos42]

1. It's amazingi t can move so far in eight minutes.

K&R

[pokerfan]

3. About 300 miles per minute at cutoff

[Mugweed]

2. I'll be watching and trying to photograph from my porch

I'm about 15 miles away from the launch pad, "as the crow flies".

[pokerfan]

4. Nice!

I guess you've seen a lot of launches.

[n2doc]

5. Rescheduled for the 8th

Endeavour Launch Rescheduled
Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:45:38 AM EST

Managers officially have scheduled space shuttle Endeavour's next launch attempt for Monday, Feb. 8 at 4:14 a.m. EST.

The Mission Management Team will meet at 6:15 p.m. Sunday to give the "go" to fill Endeavour's external fuel tank with propellants. Tank loading would begin at 6:45 p.m.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html