Chasing Rockets

We have been chasing after the Ares rocket to watch them test the booster.

The first time we had the wrong date and had to come back on the 27th of August.

Having lunch in the car isn't so bad once you get everyone settled.

We arrived early so that we would have a good spot to watch.


The crowd was huge and everyone was standing around as the clock counted down.


At 20 seconds before the test there ended up being a malfunction
and they scrubbed the test and rescheduled.

Finally on Sept. 10th was were able to watch ATK test the booster.





We got there later than the last time, and thought that maybe they had canceled the test,


because hardly anyone was there.


In some ways it was better not having to wait so long for the test to start.

The kids enjoyed their lunch and then we found us a good viewing area to watch the test.
Just after we passed the 20 second mark the crowd went crazy.

Then there was the count down...

It was amazing!