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	Steve's Model Rocketry Page by Steve H., Huntsville, Alabama · CapeCanaveral/Launchpad Launch reports, build tips and safety rules from a father-son rocketry hobby.
	Skywatch: Satellites You Can See by Priya N., amateur astronomer · CapeCanaveral/Orbit How to spot Mir, the new Space Station and Iridium flares from your own backyard.
	Skyway Flight Training BUSINESS CapeCanaveral/Hangar Private pilot instruction at a small county airport, with 1999 rates and a first-lesson offer.
	The Paper Airplane Laboratory by Tom and Ellie Marsh (dad and daughter, 11) · CapeCanaveral/Runway Folding instructions for six paper airplanes, distance records and what they learned about why planes fly.
	My Backyard Observatory by Dr. Alan Petrov, retired physicist · CapeCanaveral/Galaxy Building a roll-off-roof observatory for a 10-inch telescope, and a fall 1999 observing log.
	Shuttle Launch Viewing Guide by Wanda Gilchrist, Titusville, Florida · CapeCanaveral/Mission Where to stand, when to arrive and what to bring to watch a Space Shuttle launch from the Space Coast.
	Astronaut Wannabe by Jasmine Carter, 16 · CapeCanaveral/Orbit A sophomore's plan to become an astronaut: the classes, Space Camp, and a countdown of her heroes.
	Radio-Controlled Airplanes by Frank and Dolores Nowak · CapeCanaveral/Hangar Building and flying R/C planes with a club: the trainer, the crashes and the Saturday field.
	Mission Elapsed Time JOURNAL by Lakshmi Raghavan · CapeCanaveral/Launchpad An aerospace engineer in Pasadena writes about her parents' marriage plans for her, and a very bad week at work.
	Space Coast Mom JOURNAL by Dawn Pritchett · CapeCanaveral/Mission A Titusville mother of three writes about evacuating for Hurricane Floyd and a marriage on shaky ground.
	About Me (In Metric) by Anil Mehta · CapeCanaveral/Galaxy An aerospace engineer describes himself using only measurable quantities.
	Why I Look Up by Hazel Grimes · CapeCanaveral/Runway A retired science teacher remembers Apollo, her students, and the habit of looking up.
	Lamplighter Hill Astronomical Society by Janet Pulaski · CapeCanaveral/Mission Our amateur astronomy club is counting down to the Leonids on November 17-18. Club watch details, star parties and an observing guide.
	Indian River Virtual Airlines by Gene Hubbell · CapeCanaveral/Galaxy A Flight Simulator 98 virtual airline flying out of Melbourne and Orlando. Our routes, fleet, ranks and pilot roster, and how to join.
	Hale-Bopp Over Baker Valley by Lyle Enright · CapeCanaveral/Runway A comet diary from a back pasture in eastern Oregon: where to look, my nightly log, and what the two tails are.
	Sol by Sol - Watching Mars Pathfinder by Carla Haun · CapeCanaveral/Mission A night-shift lab tech's log of Mars Pathfinder, one entry for every Martian day, with the mission in a nutshell.
	Fair Winds, Pete by Glenn Fessler · CapeCanaveral/Launchpad Astronaut Pete Conrad, 1930 to 1999, remembered by a retired Navy chief who was on the Hornet's deck when Apollo 12 came home.
	STARPORT - Free Space Graphics by Dustin Mayfield · CapeCanaveral/Galaxy Free space graphics: a starfield background, chrome buttons, a twinkling star bullet and a planet divider. Set 02 is on the pad.
	ANDREW'S SPACE SHUTTLE TRIP!!! by Andrew, 10 · CapeCanaveral/Launchpad We drove to Florida to see Columbia launch. It scrubbed TWICE. Then at 12:31 a.m. on July 23 it went up. BEST THING I EVER SAW!!!
	Balloon Fiesta '98 - Crewing for Ben by Daniel Arzola · CapeCanaveral/Hangar My nephew Ben flies; I crew. Nine days at the 1998 Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta: Dawn Patrol, mass ascension, the Balloon Glow and a landing in somebody's alfalfa.
	Runway 27 Cam by David Oles · CapeCanaveral/Runway The ramp and runway at our county airport in north-central Ohio, live every minute from the lobby window. Student pilot, 31.4 hours and counting.
	Tri-Valley Flying Club by Gerald Chau · CapeCanaveral/Hangar Thirty-eight members, two Cessna 172s and a Piper Archer at an East Bay airport. Rates, checkout rules, fly-outs and the monthly safety meeting.
	Barney Seager's Logbook, 1929-1995 by Walter Seager · CapeCanaveral/Hangar My grandfather soloed a Jenny in 1929 and dusted Arkansas rice for thirty years. His logbooks, his airplanes and his rules of flying.
	Ohio's John Glenn Goes Back to Space by Shirley McPhail · CapeCanaveral/Orbit I taught my second graders about Friendship 7 for thirty years. Now he's up there again at 77! The mission, the man, and 1962.
	Planet Irata Colony Report: M.U.L.E. by Mitchell Brunk · CapeCanaveral/Orbit M.U.L.E., 1983, still the best four-player game ever made. Playing it on my old Atari with my kids, strategy for every resource, and a thank-you to its designer.
	Chase Crew: Notes from a Balloon Crew Chief by Martha Christman · CapeCanaveral/Hangar I don't fly the balloon. I get it up, follow it across the mesa and get it packed up again. Crew 101, what a chase is really like, and six days to the Balloon Fiesta.
	Space Coast Kite Flyers by George Weaver · CapeCanaveral/Runway I spent thirty years helping rockets go up. Now I fly things on a string. Our monthly beach flies, the stunt kite team, the kids' kite-making workshop, and how to build a sled kite.

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