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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 […]

SpaceX Falcon 9 Dragon Capsule Launch – aka My first rocket launch!

Published on December 9, 2010 By SpaceKate

So I’ve been dreaming about getting into space, and I’m merrily living my life as a Space Nomad, chasing space stuff around the United States, but despite all this, I’ve never actually seen a rocket launch. Until yesterday. SpaceX managed to do what NASA couldn’t – launch a rocket while I was in town to see […]