At T -9 minutes a 40 minute hold began. Over a thousand last-minute (har) parameters were checked.
At T -4 minutes, a woman with an amazing voice led us in the National Anthem. The kids knew all the words from their school performance on Veteran's Day, and sang with gusto.
At T-0 a cloud of steam erupted from the base of the platform and the shuttle rose in a white-hot streak into the sky. Our crowd cheered and hollered and took about 14,000 pictures all in the space of one and half minutes until the brightness disappeared.
Here is a link to a video Marian took of the launch, complete with commentary by her youngest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOHn6odjdbs
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