Archives for: October 2007

10A has launched!

The latest Shuttle flight to visit (and assemble) the International Space Station launched on Tuesday. One of the crewmembers, Dan Tani, provided my Dad and I passes to see the launch from onsite at Kennedy Space Center. It was awesome. Here's a pictu… more »
Permalink 10/24/07 07:43:13 pm, by travis Email , 123 words, Categories: News , 6 comments »

Expedition 15 has landed!

Oleg and Fyodor (and a Malaysian tourist) landed this morning in Kazakhstan. Sounds like they had a rough entry, although it was nothing they couldn't handle. Instead of performing a nice, smooth reentry, they came in a little steeper than originally i… more »
Permalink 10/21/07 07:54:18 pm, by travis Email , 114 words, Categories: Bored , Leave a comment »

Cool Moment at Work

My work schedule has been pretty crazy lately, and its gotten me a little frustrated. But I had a moment this morning, in the middle of another early morning simulation with our European and Russian partners that gave me pause. So there I am, at 4:00… more »
Permalink 10/16/07 09:29:49 am, by travis Email , 171 words, Categories: Bored , Leave a comment »

Drat.

So, we planned to go up to the Texas Renaissance Festival today. Then I got a phone call at 7:45 this morning from Mission Control. The other OSO on call this weekend had gotten called in at midnight, and was just getting off shift. Did I mind if she… more »
Permalink 10/14/07 09:30:12 am, by michelle Email , 99 words, Categories: Bored , 1 comment »