Space Shuttle Launch

Space Shuttle Discovery launched successfully on Monday morning, April 5, at 6:21am. There were about 20 Bed & Breakfast Guests on our 160-ft, 2-story dock for the exciting lift-off of STS-131! It was beautiful to see the morning sun on the contrail of the Space Shuttle. It seemed to last forever......

There was an extra-wide glow behind the orbiter after the boosters separated, 2 minutes into the launch. An engineer on our dock described it as the sun reflecting off the sonic waves! I had never seen that before! The sky was gorgeous, and kept getting brighter by the minute.

A guest mentioned that they explained where we could see the Space Station in the sky just prior to the launch. I was busy preparing for 7am breakfast and did not know to be out there looking. Dusk and dawn are the best times to see the Space Station in the sky, as I understand.

Martha
Night Swan Intracoastal B&B

Space Shuttle

The launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-131) is now scheduled for Monday, April 5, which is the morning after Easter. The launch time is 6:27am! a beautiful time to watch Discovery from our 160-ft, 2-story dock on the Intracoastal Waterway in Historic New Smyrna Beach! Sunrise will be about 7am!! You can watch the Space Shuttle come from the south, and drop the boosters just north of us, off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida. After the first 2 minutes, the windows rattle and you remember that it is not an earthquake, as the vibration from the launch reaches New Smyrna Beach, about 30 miles away!

Space Shuttle Discovery will carry a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module filled with science racks that will be transferred to laboratories of the International Space Station.

My husband and I enjoyed working at the Kennedy Space Center, prior to our Bed & Breakfast careers, and we can share information with you that is not detailed on the Visitor Center Tours.