Rocket Graveyard

Saturday, May 27, 2006

I'm finally caught up on making entries here. The flight attempts for early this morning and this evening were both scrubbed due to 100% overcast and occassional light rain. I got up at 3:30am, heard about the cancellation, and went back to sleep until 10am.

About a mile from my room at Esrange is the rocket graveyard. This is where recovered stages from sounding rocket firings are piled up over the years. Take a look at the photos I took today. There are Skylarks, Orions, Black Brants, Loki's, and others, all rusting away, many with nozzles, some with fins. Lots of interesting hardware! I didn't have time (started to rain) to identify many of them or take some better photos. Here's a list of what's been launched at Esrange over the years. I also roamed around the two launch towers. I'll be back!