A view of the shuttle launchpad at Kennedy Space Center as seen by astronaut Mick Fincke flying in his T-38. Click for larger version on Fincke's yfrog page.

April 27, 2011December 24, 2015 by Nancy Atkinson

An Astronaut’s Eye View of Shuttle Endeavour on the Launchpad

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A great picture of shuttle Endeavour sitting on launchpad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, taken by Mike Fincke as he and his crewmates arrived in Florida yesterday to prepare for Endeavour’s final launch, scheduled for Friday.

Update: Another view, below.

Here's another view, including an additional T-38 from astronaut Terry Virts.

3 Replies to “An Astronaut’s Eye View of Shuttle Endeavour on the Launchpad”

drumhellar says:

April 27, 2011 at 4:00 PM

Can we get a picture from the entrance of the Shuttle on the launchpad? That’s an Astronaut’s view, from the Astronauts who are actually on Endeavor.
1. Nancy Atkinson says:
  
  April 27, 2011 at 9:24 PM
  
  Well, if you can get one of our photographers a ride in a T-38 over the launchpad, we’d be happy to provide a view showing the shuttle. But for now, we’ll have to take what we can get from a Tweeting astronaut.
  1. Nancy Atkinson says:
    
    May 3, 2011 at 9:28 PM
    
    Aaaand another astronaut actually did take a picture of the launchpad from a different view. Terry Virts took the second one.

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