does anyone know how far up the east coast you can see it when it takes off?

Got a brother in VA who is wondering?

Just briefly stepping in here... We're at step 801. Launch in 1 hour 31 minutes...

I'm in one of the control rooms.

Tom

Roger that, Houston. :cool: Hope everything goes smoothly!

Tom,

We are watching live on NASA on HDnet. 11 minutes to go

Are you one of the launch directors they just showed on TV. They just said the name Tom.

Thanks

Shelley

I'm on line and watching too Tom! Too exciting!
Tis 5:27pm right now in Australia, so you guys can work out your times from that.

Awesome job! According to NASA on HDnet...it was one of the smoothest countdowns ever! Congrats and godspeed.

WOW!

What a blast off!

Thanks Tom!

A very smooth launch. We lost voice (communication with the shuttle) before launch but got it back in time to go thru with launch.

I'm not a flight director. I'm one of the mission managers. I was in the control room at the time you typed your message Shelley - we were working on getting voice back.

Tom

One Word Tom~~~~~ COOL!!!!

:rocket: Congrats Tom and the whole Crew. :You-Rock::Tip-Hat:

I missed it....Waaaaaaaaaa. :Dunno:

I did just watch the Launch on video at NASA, though.....beautiful!!!!!