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heng44
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posted 10-03-2015 03:17 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

This view of Discovery's launch on STS-26 was taken by an airline passenger bound for Paradise Island in the Bahamas. She sent the photo of what she called "the most beautiful sight this side of Heaven" to NASA, along with a congratulatory letter. STS-26 was the Return-To-Flight in September 1988 after the Challenger accident.

uk spacefan
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posted 10-03-2015 04:13 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for uk spacefan   Click Here to Email uk spacefan     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
An excellent shot. For me, I remember visiting the Kennedy Space Centre and seeing the Shuttle on the launch pad, but sadly missed the launch as we had booked a trip to the Keys and the Bahamas!

SpaceyInMN
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posted 10-03-2015 09:41 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for SpaceyInMN   Click Here to Email SpaceyInMN     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
That's an awesome shot! I'd be curious if anyone knows the approximate distance from the plane to the shuttle. I'm not familiar with the airspace restrictions during a launch, but this seems awfully close for a commercial jetliner. But perhaps the distance in the photo is a bit deceiving.

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posted 10-05-2015 02:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for R. Wandelt   Click Here to Email R. Wandelt     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I had a similar experience but cannot name the date or STS flight # (Possibly a January launch FWIW).

Was leaving West Palm Beach for Chicago on an atypical Western departure (as winds are most prevalent out of East or off the ocean) as we turned North the Captain alerted the cabin to look out the right side of the a/c. This could not have been planned better!

As we passed by the Cape a few minutes later you could clearly see the exhaust plume leading right down to the pad. Awesome.

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