Last Friday night, we had a great time watching the launch of the space shuttle Endeavor. There wasn't any coverage on tv (on the channels we get), so we watched it on the internet. I haven't ever really talked to the girls about space shuttles, so what little they know about it comes from Curious George Gets a Medal (George goes into outer space & then launches himself out of the rocket to return to earth by parachute). We ate dinner & the girls had baths while we were waiting for the launch time to arrive. It ended up being quite a countdown for us - we made it to the computer with a minute to spare.
It was really neat watching the girls excitement about it, particularly Clara. She just loves the idea of an "asgra-naut". Here are two short videos from that night. The first is prior to the launch & the second is just after watching the shuttle launch.
We told the girls we could watch some of the video while the astronauts are in space, so that should be neat as well. It's amazing how many things there are for them to learn about in the world and how the internet makes it all so accessible.
1 comment:
Precious! I thought I wanted to be a "asgranot" too, once.
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