I just saw the space shuttle, from my front yard in Savannah, GA– about 300 miles away from the launch site.

From here, the shuttle looks like a jet. It was due east over the ocean, about 30 degrees off the horizon, and moved very quickly from South to North.

It’s pretty darned cool.

Of course, the last shuttle I saw during launch was Columbia back in 2003, and it never made it back to the launch pad. Let’s hope this one fares better.