NASA conducted a night space shuttle launch about a month ago and we saw it. . . from our back yard! We’re located only about 40 miles from Cape Kennedy space center.

Our amatuer photo is not that spectacular, but for about 20 seconds or so, the entire sky was completely lit up! Bright enough to read a newspaper. And it was kinda weird in the fact that we heard no sound from the rockets. Too far of a distance for the sound to travel.

It was quite an experience. We grabbed the kids out of bed to see it. They thought it was really neat.
Come visit us and maybe you can see a shuttle launch too.