The Space Show In Florida

By Andrew Rennie
Producer/Presenter
The Space Show
88.3 Southern FM
Melbourne
Australia

This is an account of my trip to Florida to report for Southern FM on space activities at the Kennedy Space Center.

Contents

001
The Space Show In Florida Introduction
002
To America
003
San Francisco's Angel
 
004
Snow and Fairyland
005
Orlando
006
First Day At Kennedy Space Center
 
007
Observation Gantry at Launch Complex 39
008
Observation Gantry at Launch Complex 39 Panorama
009
Photo of Observation Gantry at Launch Complex 39
 
010
Introduction to Saturn Building
011
The Space Station
012
Rocket Park At Dusk
 
013
Asked To Leave Paradise
014
Working At News Center
015
Public Tour
 
016
Cocoa Beach
017
EconoLodge
018
Causeway Dawn
 
019
Easter Fog
020
"Thomas"
021
At Pad 39A
 
022
Service Structure Rollback
023
Rotating Service Structure Animation
024
Back To Pad 39A
 
025
Return To Orlando
026
Shuttle At Night
027
To The Operations and Checkout Building
 
028
Scramble For A View
029
Astrovan
030
Astronaut Walkout
 
031
Prelaunch Interviews
032
STS 131 Launch
033
STS 131 Launch Animation
 
034
Noctilucent Cloud
035
Noctilucent Cloud Animation
036
Noctilucent Cloud Outlasts Sun Rise
 
037
Post-Launch Press Confrence
038
Titusville
039
Mercury Monument
 
040
Urban Desert
041
International Drive
042
NASA Television
 
043
Warbird Adventure
044
Missed Solid Rocket Boosters
045
Books Galore!
 
046
VAB and IMAX
047
The View From Titusville
048
Manatees and Cabana
 
049
Towards The Florida Keys
050
Lake Okeechobee
051
Hard Choices
 
052
Key Largo To Key West
053
South Beach
054
South Beach Panorama
 
055
North To Cocoa
056
SaveSpace
057
In The Footprints Handprints of Neil Armstrong
 
058
SaveSpace Rally
059
SaveSpace Speeches and Songs
060
Après SaveSpace
 
061
John Bartoe at Visitor Complex
062
Astronaut Memorial
063
Shuttle Launch Experience
 
064
Space Shop Temptations
065
Astronaut Hall Of Fame Sunset
066
Obama Quandary
 
067
Atlantis Roll Over for STS 132
068
Aries 5 Launch Support Tower
069
Atlantis Rolls Again
 
070
Apollo Monument
071
Gemini Walk
072
The Space Show Live
 
073
Preparing For Obama
074
Delayed Entry
075
Selecting A Vantage Point
 
076
The Stage Is Set
077
Buzz Aldrin and Others
078
Paradise Almost Lost
 
079
Opening Speeches
080
Obama Arrives
081
Obama's Speech
 
082
Andy Thomas and Associates
083
NASA Art
084
Plenary Session
 
085
Aldrin, Thomas and Grunsfeld
086
Space Walk Of Fame Museum
087
Sam Beddingfield
 
088
Warbird Air Museum
089
Astronaut Hall of Fame
090
Manatees At Port Canaveral
 
091
United Space Alliance
092
An Un-quiet Week
093
A Wave-off
 
094
Moon Rock
095
Inside the Press Center
096
Sunset Rollout Plans
 
097
Awaiting Discovery's Landing
098
STA From South
099
STA From North
 
100
Discovery's Landing Waved Off
101
Discovery On Way Home
102
Sonic Booms, Gasps and Pantings
 
103
STS 131 Landing
104
Post-Landing Triumphant Flypast
105
Not Everyone Has NASA TV
 
106
Discovery Rolls Past
107
Discovery Rollback Animation
108
A Tantalising Glimpse
 
109
A Tantalising Glimpse
110
To The Shuttle Landing Facility
111
Jerry Ross
 
112
STS 132 Crew Arrive
113
Rain and Lightning
114
Aborted Expedition
 
115
The Secret Eight
116
Into The Cavern
117
A Quick Choice
 
118
Above Atlantis
119
Diesel Throb
120
Atlantis' Middle
 
121
"She's Moving!"
122
Through The Door
123
Ground Floor of the Cavern
 
124
Reflected Beauty
125
Dawn Ride To Pad 39A
126
Driving Towards Pad 39A
 
127
STS 132 On Pad 39A
128
Pad 39A
129
The Crawler Transporter
 
130
Crawler Transporter Supplement
131
Atlantis Sits Proudly On The Mobile launch Platform
132
Circling Naked Atlantis
 
133
Drive Around Atlantis
134
Out Past The Crawler Transporter
135
Drive Away from Atlantis
 
136
Back To Pad 39A
137
STS 132 Crew Arrive At Pad 39A
138
Q&A With the STS 132 Crew
 
139
A Mir Story
140
Apollo 11
141
Air Force Escort
 
142
My Lofty Aerie
143
Space Centre Sunset
144
Towards Zero
 
145
"Secret" Spaceplane Launch
146
Ascent of the X-37B
147
Surprise Event
 
148
X-37B Media Coverage
149
McBride and Farmer
150
Wendy Again
 
151
NASA Art
152
Once More To The Gantry
153
Space Station Payloads
 
154
Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test Walkout
155
STS 132 Practice Walkout Animation
156
Discovery's Banner
 
157
A Fond Farewell
158
The Astronaut Hall Of Fame
159
Nature Reserve and Zero-G
 
160
Manatees and Lightning
161
Spacewalk of Fame
162
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
 
163
Playlinda Beach
164
Mosquito Lagoon
165
Haulover Canal Manatees
 
166
A Varied Day
167
Cape Then And Now
168
In Memorium
 
169
Scott Parazynski
170
Moon Tree
171
Last Day
 
172
A Protracted Sunset
173
A Very Long Night
174
Foggy Sydney
 
175
Final Flight
  

     Next Page     The Space Show     Southern FM

Text, images and audio Copyright to Andrew Rennnie, 2010