Today’s the big day of Endeavour’s STS-126 mission (assuming the weather holds up), and I must admit that I’m pretty excited. I’m not sure why, but I’ve always been fascinated with space travel, specifically the launches. I never actually wanted to be an astronaut (too afraid of flying and not much of a risk taker), so I live vicariously through the men and women who do have the opportunity to be blasted off into space. I can’t even imagine how thrilling liftoff must be for them, but I plan on watching every moment of it today.
NASA will have excellent coverage of the launch if you have a good Internet connection. Tune in to NASA TV at 2:30 p.m. EST and stay through the scheduled launch at 7:55 p.m. EST. NASA also provides complete bios of the crew, behind the scenes footage at Kennedy Space Center, a “Countdown 101” tutorial, and more. You can find it all on the mission homepage.