Afternoon Launch

[krpalmer]

Now that I'm on shift work, it so happened that I was able to watch the streaming video of space shuttle Atlantis launching in the afternoon before heading in for a night shift. (It's not the most ideal of circumstances, but it works.) This time around, there were no delays to the next day, although the onboard video did seem to go out for enough time to be noticeable before coming back. Before that, I did happen to notice how the announcer made a point of this spare parts-laden mission being the second-to-last flight for Atlantis, which catches my attention without the extra significance of it being the last.