Happening now: Mars launch coverage with Alice Enevoldsen

10:10 AM: Pacific Science Center planetarium supervisor, NASA Solar System Ambassador, and WSB “Skies Over West Seattle“ contributor Alice Enevoldsen of West Seattle is anchoring PSC’s live online coverage of the upcoming MAVEN launch to Mars right now. The launch window opens in about 15 minutes; Alice is at the launch site in Florida. Check out the coverage here, and read about the mission here; see the NASA TV feed here.

And lift off of the #MAVEN spacecraft on a journey to Mars aboard an #Atlas5 rocket: pic.twitter.com/kbAWwvMoZE

— NASA (@NASA) November 18, 2013

10:35 AM: The rocket has launched.

dsa November 18, 2013 (10:51 am)

It will orbit Mars. I wonder why they are calling it a spacecraft instead of a satellite.

Tuesday November 18, 2013 (2:11 pm)

Remember when they pretended to cut NASA? I guess it didn’t stick.

miws November 18, 2013 (4:51 pm)

Tuesday, is that really a nice comment to direct toward a Volunteer Solar System Ambassador?

Mike

ACG November 18, 2013 (9:31 pm)

NASA funding HAS been cut drastically. That is one of the reasons why we can no longer send our own astronauts to the International Space Station and have to rely on the RUSSIANS to take us. I regret never having a chance to see a space shuttle take off from KSC.
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Alice, love what you do. Keep on keepin’ on!

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