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a kennedy

(36,083 posts)
4. Me too.......am kinda nervous about their landing......but love this.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 07:34 PM
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I mentioned before on another thread, I feel sick for the two astronauts who were in the space station for 9 months because of problems with their recovery. Hope they’re ok.

paleotn

(22,342 posts)
2. Mission Control has changed a lot in 60 years.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 07:28 PM
Friday

I was glued to the TV for all the Apollo missions. No Gene Kranz smoking like a chimney.

haele

(15,435 posts)
11. I went outside when they announced the blackout , looked out
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 08:26 PM
Friday

Around West/West North and saw an inbound object glinting that went out about 15 seconds before they announced blackout over, coming in at around 30/25 degree altitude at a low angle.
Part of the benefit of living in San Diego.
(Retired Navy Chief here, done plenty of lookout watches in my time during firing and tracking exercises)

Perfect landing. No promised Sonic Boom, though.

haele

(15,435 posts)
16. Gap in the clouds, lucked out it was early enough and high enough.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 08:35 PM
Friday

And damn, forgot where my North was, was looking west-southwest, lol.
Just north of the Coronados where the yellow jacks are running right now.
Perfect evening ocean fishing weather....

róisín_dubh

(12,349 posts)
9. Yay! I was nervous as hell
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 08:11 PM
Friday

It’s 1:11am here in England and now I can go to bed. Challenger and Columbia really wrecked us Xennial and Milennial kids.

chowder66

(12,325 posts)
10. I literally just caught the last 3 seconds as they splashed down. I lost a lot of sleep last night and lost track of
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 08:15 PM
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time.

chowder66

(12,325 posts)
17. I had it on in the background and tried desperately to take a nap but couldn't. I got up to make a cup of tea.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 08:53 PM
Friday

It just got away from me in my sleep-deprived haze.

Ugh. I'm a wreck. Thank god it's the weekend.

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