Liftoff!

Like many, I watched the launch on TV, then raced outdoors to see what I could see from 40 miles south of the Cape. It was a picture-perfect day, a picture-perfect launch, and so far so good. Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of six astronauts are headed for space, ready to begin their 16-day mission to the International Space Station.

I went to the http://www.nasa.gov/ site to see if they had any launch pix posted yet - they didn't, but on their home page, there was an excellent photo of the Mississippi River flooding taken from the Space Station. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/gallery/index.html