Boom For Space

Written on March 27, 2008 – 8:15 am | by Mike |

800px-Space_Shuttle_Endeavour_landing Anna Maria Island and surroundings were surprised last night by the double sonic boom created by the return of the space shuttle Endeavour.

A small delay in the shuttle’s re-entry brought the glide path over the island and it’s normally tranquil evenings.

The first sight of the Endeavour’s trail was visible in the dusk sky at about 8:25 p.m. as a steady glow moving rapidly from west to the east. As it disappeared from sight descending toward its Cape Canaveral landing, a loud b-boom shook the windows and rattled glasses.

Space Shuttle Endeavour was in orbit for 16 days and delivered a Japanese space laboratory and a Canadian repair robot to the international space station for a record 12-day docking and five space walks.

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