The visitor center at Johnson Space Center is getting one heck of a new exhibit. Say hello to the Space Shuttle Transporter 747, and eventually the Space Shuttle mock-up Independence.
NASA's Juno spacecraft will slingshot past Earth on October 9th for a velocity boost en route to Jupiter. At closest approach the spacecraft will be only 347 miles above Earth's surface.
If you have followed my blogs for any time at all, you know that one of my favorite things to do is to Skywatch; to look at stars and satellites cruising the space above our planet. Sometimes I forget there are things looking back down at us...