[alcoholiday]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jb12mzrgEM

We've been working on a project to capture the last flights of the Space Shuttle Program. It's meant a lot of time out with the bugs, heat, sun, gators and ever present pad security folks.

Once the sound hits, the maniacal laughter you hear is me!

Now we wait a couple of hours to see how our cameras faired. We're at the media center 3.2 miles from the Orbiter, our cameras are at 500-600 feet... I feel for them.

[ramidarigaz]

That must sound incredible in person. Even the youtube version is amazing.

[WesleyJohnson]

I'm about 45 miles south of the launch pad. We watched it go up this morning and came in once it had disappeared into the sky (far higher than this video as we had a clearer view). Once we came back in and I sat down at my desk, the sound finally hit us, some 3.4 minutes after take off. It was still powerful enough to feel. I couldn't imagine being that close to one.

[jjwiseman]

Glad this launch wasn't scrubbed too.