Property of NASAWell, we can breathe a sigh of relief STS-116 launched Saturday night, which means we are clear for heading north Wednesday night. There was only a 30% chance of launch for Saturday night so we were pretty sure they would scrub it again, but the weather and systems both cooperated and the first night flight since the return to flight went off like a charm. Jared ducked out of our Christmas party early Saturday night to catch a little sleep before working the 3rd orbit shirt. He worked from 2am – 11 am this morning. By the time we got home from church and he was done clerking it was almost 5 pm. He headed to bed because his next shift is 1:30 am – 10am. The good news is he is done with the shuttle when it docks to the station. Some people pull those insane hours the whole mission, so he gets off pretty easy. If you did not get to see the launch (and care about it) there are some pretty amazing photos on the NASA site.
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