A few months ago, I thought I’d be spending this weekend running with my BAM buddies in the Texas Independence…
STS-133 Team Photos
Time for some gratuitous photos of yours truly! Here I am at the Rendezvous console towards the end of last…
In a Fog
The working-a-mission black hole continues. The fog this morning at 3:00 am was crazy thick — the photo above doesn’t…
STS-133 Rendezvous
The much-delayed STS-133 finally launched on Thursday afternoon — with 2 seconds to spare in the launch window, no less!…
Waiting for Launch
I finally found the pictures taken months ago after one of the STS-133 crew’s rendezvous training sessions. The title isn’t…
Out of my System
I’ve been whining a lot this week on Facebook and Twitter, so I’m going to take a moment to get…
Day of Remembrance
Apollo 1 ~ January 27, 1968 Challenger ~ January 28, 1986 Columbia ~ February 1, 2003 Yesterday was the NASA…
I Might Just Get The Hang Of This…
(source) My part of the CoFR process for the next Progress launch wrapped up today with a 6 a.m. meeting…
Foreign Relations
(source) Today started at 7 am and by 3:00 I was SO READY to get away from work. It was…
Rendezvous with a Pumpkin Pie
If STS-133 had stayed on schedule to launch on November 30, the crew would’ve been stuck in the standard pre-mission…
Wilting
I’ve been feeling kind of like this flower lately: starting to wilt. How’s THAT for melodramatic? Work is on my…
Ups and Downs
In light of the STS-133 launch slip, the powers-that-be decided to schedule another rendezvous sim today to give the team…