Baldwin Photography: Houston Area

As many of you might already know, I'm not just a custom photographer. I also moonlight as a Technical Instructor at NASA. While I've been with NASA for more than ten years, surprisingly, I have never seen a real-live shuttle launch. Can you believe it? My husband and I took a week in November to see the last launch of Discovery - only to have it end up being scrubbed. Thankfully, we were able to get-away again for its rescheduled launch last week. The crowds were unbelievable! It was actually pretty inspirational to see how many people, and from all over the USA, who made the treck to see this pretty awesome event. And, most of the viewers weren't related to NASA at all. They just wanted to be part of it all. I don't blame them. It was pretty cool to be there. My pictures don't do it justice. To see the replay of the launch, go here.

We arrived at the viewing area 3 hours before take-off - and the place was already crawling with people. It was a gorgeous day. Just perfect.

3-2-1 :)

Because the shuttle launches faster than sound, we didn't hear the rumble until she was already high into the air. But, once we did, boy did it rumble. You could feel it.

One final thing - not NASA related. I'm waaayy behind on my blogging. So, you'll get to see many new blogs this week of gorgeous clients. Enjoy :)