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1. The crawler. This carries the shuttle from the VAB to one of the pads
2. Pad A. The one not being used.
3. About a mile away from pad B the day before the launch
4. The track to the pads.
5. The longest runway in the world. Where the orbiter should land.
6. We arrive at the viewing area.
7. The VIP stands
8. About 3 miles away. As close as any member of the public gets.
9. 9 minutes till launch.
10. The stands are full. George Lucas is in there somewhere.
11. Shortly after launch
12. The pad after

To see NASA's own images of this launch go to http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/