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Originally posted by AnchorAlum
Watched as it lifted above the tree line here in Jacksonville Beach. Hazy day and all we saw were the smoke trails.
Not as impactful as the day in February of 03 when I still lived in Dallas and a really clear morning left a double trail in the sky telling a very very sad story.
God Bless and keep them safe this time.
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Saw the first launch of
Challenger back in 1983 (from about 40 miles west of the Cape) and also saw the reentry of
Columbia from San Antonio back in 1998. Missed seeing
Columbia lost back in 2003 - I was living in Plano back then, and the sketchy initial news reports made it first sound like it broke up over Dallas.
Shuttle launches to the northeast will be a common occurrence, as the International Space Station orbits at a 51.6-degree inclination from the equator.
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