STS-125 Atlantis: Viewing (Going to the Launch etc.)

• #240 by emg on 13 Nov, 2008 02:13
• For those who PM'ed me with bids and others who may be still interested, I will stop taking bids at the end-of-day on Friday 14 Nov. for the LTT + lunch with a astronaut.  Last call! 
• #241 by Bubbinski on 23 Mar, 2009 03:49
• I've booked my plane tickets to FL for the May 12th launch.  Hoping to see Atlantis head due east in a clear blue sky.  (And have a halfway decent small digital camera with a good zoom - maybe my 5 megapixel Fuji will do?  It's only got a 3x zoom and it's been malfunctioning on me a lot lately and I may be shopping around for a replacement). 
  
  This would be my third shuttle launch viewing, all of them watching OV-104 Atlantis lift off.
• #242 by emg on 23 Mar, 2009 09:37
• Same here (actually booked flights/hotel last week after the launch). I went for 10-24 may to bracket both dates just in case    From what I read, take only one or two shots - and then enjoy the launch! Let the pros with better access/equipment take the money shots.  You're travelling a long way for 2 mins - enjoy those 2 mins!
• #243 by clegg78 on 23 Mar, 2009 14:29
• Hey guys,   I have 2 VIP tix for the STS 125 launch.  PM me or email if you are interested.
• #244 by SgtBulldog on 24 Mar, 2009 12:46
• Does anybody know if one will be able to see both Atlantis and Endeavour on the pads from Titusville?
• #245 by Orange on 24 Mar, 2009 23:56
• Hi everyone... total noob when it comes to watching shuttle launches, and also likely not as informed about NASA spaceflight in general.
  
  I was wondering if there's still any way of buying tickets for STS-125, or were those already sold out last year in anticipation of the October 2008 launch? I can't find any way to buy tickets on the "official" web site, nor any mention that the tickets are sold out. Any help would be appreciated--just a few minutes' looking around makes it clear that the folks here have expertise in abundance.
  
  It'd be particularly nice to see this launch since a family member is a NASA contractor whose team did work for this mission; she actually had a VIP ticket for the original October launch (not sure about this time around, unfortunately).
  
  Thanks!
• #246 by Andrewwski on 25 Mar, 2009 01:21
• Quote from: SgtBulldog on 24 Mar, 2009 12:46

  Does anybody know if one will be able to see both Atlantis and Endeavour on the pads from Titusville?
  

  
  Yeah, but you won't be able to see much.  When the RSS is covering the vehicle, there's obviously not much to see, and when the RSS is retracted, it blocks the view of the vehicle from Titusville.  So all you'll see is the top part of the ET.
• #247 by Ronsmytheiii on 25 Mar, 2009 01:22
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• #248 by Bubbinski on 25 Mar, 2009 04:36
• Orange, as I understand it the tickets for STS-125 are sold out.  But someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
  
  I look forward not just to the launch but to seeing two shuttles on two pads...when I took the bus tour of several facilities (the viewing area by Pad 39A, the space station processing facility, etc.) I was able to see Atlantis about 30 hours before her very late afternoon launch on STS-117, with the RSS still wrapped around the orbiter. 
  
  Question for everyone: if I take the KSC tour buses again (and I will), how close can I expect to get to Pad 39B? 
  
  Also for all of us visiting for this launch, don't forget about seeing those new 600 foot tall lightning towers!  Those will make the Pad 39B area very hard to miss.
• #249 by LMSenus on 25 Mar, 2009 16:21
• Quote from: clegg78 on 23 Mar, 2009 14:29

  Hey guys,   I have 2 VIP tix for the STS 125 launch.  PM me or email if you are interested.
  

  
  You have a new PM...
• #250 by Lory on 25 Mar, 2009 17:02
• I'm looking for two Causeway tickets for the May 12th launch.
  
  Anyone selling?
  
  thanks,
  Lory
• #251 by Lory on 25 Mar, 2009 17:13
• Quote from: Chris Bergin on 21 Feb, 2008 19:21

  People seem to be booking their spots for this one already, so here's the associated thread.
  

  
  Hi Chris,
  I couldn't find the thread you were referring to. Thanks,
  Lory
• #252 by emg on 25 Mar, 2009 17:17
• Quote from: Lory on 25 Mar, 2009 17:02

  I'm looking for two Causeway tickets for the May 12th launch.
  
  Anyone selling?
  
  thanks,
  Lory
  

  
  PM clegg78 above.  They are LTT not VIP.
  
• #253 by Andrewwski on 26 Mar, 2009 01:53
• Question - Is there any way for the public to see a rollover?  I'll be in Florida around the time of Endeavour's LON-400 rollover to the VAB, and it'd be cool to see.
• #254 by IAHawk on 26 Mar, 2009 18:07
• Looking for 2 adult and 1 child LTT tickets for May 12th launch.  (Was expecting to see an e-mail from KSC regarding purchase next month and hadn't considered that these already went on sale once and are already sold out - at least according to previous posts.)
  
  Please let me know if you cannot make the launch and would like to sell.
  
  Thanks,
  Craig
• #255 by jeff2space on 27 Mar, 2009 00:41
• Quote from: Bubbinski on 25 Mar, 2009 04:36

  
  I look forward not just to the launch but to seeing two shuttles on two pads...when I took the bus tour of several facilities (the viewing area by Pad 39A, the space station processing facility, etc.) I was able to see Atlantis about 30 hours before her very late afternoon launch on STS-117, with the RSS still wrapped around the orbiter. 
  
  Question for everyone: if I take the KSC tour buses again (and I will), how close can I expect to get to Pad 39B? 
  
  

  
  If there's a shuttle on both pads A & B then the closes the Up Close bus tour will go is the observation gantry where the crawlerway splits.
• #256 by aldelphi on 28 Mar, 2009 18:55
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    What is the difference between LTT and VIP tickets?
  
• #257 by Andrewwski on 28 Mar, 2009 20:21
• I believe LTT is causeway and VIP is Banana Creek.
• #258 by floron on 30 Mar, 2009 05:08
• anyone got a sts-125 LTT ticket (or VIP, i'm not fussy ) they want to get rid of?
  
  i just bought one through ebay, before noticing it was for the visitor complex, not the causeway..doh!
• #259 by rltvstc on 30 Mar, 2009 21:36
• Quote from: floron on 30 Mar, 2009 05:08

  anyone got a sts-125 LTT ticket (or VIP, i'm not fussy ) they want to get rid of?
  
  i just bought one through ebay, before noticing it was for the visitor complex, not the causeway..doh!
  

  
  I've got 4 KSC VC LTTs (and vehicle placard) for STS-125 that I'm considering parting with.  I don't really want to deal with splitting them up, though.