Seeing Space Shuttle land in California
Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 2:09 pm
The space shuttle will land in California in about an hour and a half from now. When it does, I would like to see it fly overhead if possible.
The last shuttle mission landed at Edwards (where I was born). It flew roughly south to north over Los Angeles on it's way to landing. I think I saw it when I went outside but I cannot be sure.
One problem is that the reporting of the landing did not show the flight path very much or very well. Sometimes it goes north of here on it's way down, which means it does not fly over the greater Los Angeles area.
Anoterh prpblem is that it comes down with excorts; there are other planes in the sky. I don't know if any of them lead or if they all follow, and that makes it even more difficult to know which aircraft is the shuttle.
Does anyone know where this information can be obtained from? If I had a car I might hop over to JPL but I don't have a car.
My specific questions are: (1) what will be the flight path and (2) what other aircraft flies with it when it lands; more specifically, which ones if any leads it.
Something that would help is more specific reporting of exactly where the shuttle is relative to populated areas when it gets close enough to be seen from earth. Or another criteria would be where it is at when we here the sonic booms (two of them).
The last shuttle mission landed at Edwards (where I was born). It flew roughly south to north over Los Angeles on it's way to landing. I think I saw it when I went outside but I cannot be sure.
One problem is that the reporting of the landing did not show the flight path very much or very well. Sometimes it goes north of here on it's way down, which means it does not fly over the greater Los Angeles area.
Anoterh prpblem is that it comes down with excorts; there are other planes in the sky. I don't know if any of them lead or if they all follow, and that makes it even more difficult to know which aircraft is the shuttle.
Does anyone know where this information can be obtained from? If I had a car I might hop over to JPL but I don't have a car.
My specific questions are: (1) what will be the flight path and (2) what other aircraft flies with it when it lands; more specifically, which ones if any leads it.
Something that would help is more specific reporting of exactly where the shuttle is relative to populated areas when it gets close enough to be seen from earth. Or another criteria would be where it is at when we here the sonic booms (two of them).