Exciting times at NASA!

Looks like it's gonna be an exciting time to be a part of NASA. Over the next 10 days, 2 significant missions will come to fruition.

First, the Phoenix Lander Mission will have it's landing tomorrow. It is significant in the fact that it is an attempt a landing without the benefit of cushioning devices as on the earlier Mars missions. Think of it as an Apollo landing, with no pilots and an 8 minute lag between mission controllers and the spacecraft.

Follow that mission & it's related activities via NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander blog.

The next mission, a week from tomorrow & the one that I am most excited about is STS-124. It is a Shuttle mission being flown to the International Space Station by the orbiter Discovery. It will be a mission to deliver the JPM module of Japan's Kibo module. The mission is scheduled for the 31st of May at 5:02 PM from Kennedy Space Center. I've got my fingers crossed that nothing will interrupt this, as I plan on being there.

If all goes well, a few (hopefully good) shots should make their way here :)