Chase Clark

The Space Shuttle doesn’t have to answer to the FAA regarding on-time takeoffs and landings. That is a good thing. Discovery wasn’t in the mood to launch the first week of November despite the presence of media and more than 100 members of social media site twitter attending an up-close and personal look at NASA. » Continue Reading…

I’ve been to the Visitor’s Center at Kennedy Space Center many a time since first visiting Florida in 2006. Despite all those visits to see the Rocket Park and other sites of the Space Coast, I had never viewed the exhibits at the Astronaut Hall of Fame. That all changed when I headed down to see Space Shuttle Discovery not launch the first week of November. » Continue Reading…

I was lucky enough to be chosen as a participant for the STS-132 NASA tweetup at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Making the event meant a lot of driving as I had attended the launch of Atlantis just days before. No complaints though as the tweetup was a special experience on so many levels. » Continue Reading…

It was another eight-hour plus drive to the area from Pensacola but I could not resist an opportunity to see Space Shuttle Atlantis launch from the press area, which is where the world-famous countdown clock is located. » Continue Reading…

I could not resist attending what was hailed as the last night-time launch of a Space Shuttle. Endeavour’s launch was scrubbed the first night due to cloud cover, but that worked to my advantage as I saw the launch from an even closer spot the following night. It was a cold night but a spectacular launch.  » Continue Reading…

The new Star Trek film had been out for a while already, but I waited to see it on the IMAX screen and picked a perfect place to do so – the United States Space & Rocket Center. The USSRC in Huntsville, Alabama serves as the visitor center for NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and the U.S. Army’s Redstone Arsenal. » Continue Reading…

It was a last-minute decision, but I drove the nearly four-hour jaunt to Titusville and saw Space Shuttle Discovery launch. She did not disappoint either as Discovery had a perfect late afternoon launch on May 31, 2008 just as scheduled for the STS-124 mission. » Continue Reading…

Despite my love of anything outer space related, it wasn’t until my third visit to the Cocoa Beach area that I finally got to visit Kennedy Space Center. It may prove to be the most patriotic visit as it occurred the day after July 4th, but it most definitely wasn’t my last visit to KSC. » Continue Reading…

While visiting the Pensacola area and witnessing the mighty force Hurricane Ivan had wrecked upon the area a few months previous, I also made a couple of side trips, including a visit to the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. » Continue Reading…