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My first shuttle launch – there are no words

Published on March 13, 2011 By SpaceKate

  Yesterday I watched shuttle Discovery land for the final time, and I realised that I’ve not yet posted a piece here about the launch. I wrote a piece for the National Geographic Assignment Blog, but it wasn’t all that easy to do. How could I find words to explain launch day? I’m still struggling if [...]

NASA Launch TweetUp: STS-133, Discovery's final flight

Published on February 3, 2011 By SpaceKate

I’ve spoken before about my excitement about getting chosen for the NASA Tweet-up for the launch of STS-133, and how wonderful it was that the tweet-up members formed such a great community, even before we met in real life. Now I guess it’s time I shared my experience of the Tweet-Up itself, especially as I’m [...]

NASATweetUp: A slight delay

Published on October 30, 2010 By SpaceKate

I was greeted at Orlando Airport by fellow tweet-up attendees Danny Sussman and Leslie Berg – and what a nice thing to have a landing party when you step off a long haul flight. This is it – I’m here. Hello Florida! My flight was slightly delayed, so I was entirely confused when Danny started asking [...]

NASATweetUp: The Journey Begins

Published on October 30, 2010 By SpaceKate

NASA Tweet-up: I’m on my way! So here we go – SpaceKate is on the move. I finally finished packing and I’m currently up in the air looking down on candy-floss puffs of white cloud and the deep blue of the Atlantic ocean. The adventure begins! I’m off to watch the launch of STS-133, or [...]

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