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The main reason I headed to the harbour was to see the Lowestoft Lifeboat launch on one of it's practice runs.
I was tipped off a few weeks back when the practice run is, but last Sunday was the first time I had managed to see it in action.
Mock missile launchers mounted on jeeps, Superior Valley Range, April 1996. Copyright photo by Joe Cupido.
Some impressions from the book launch of my new book:
The Camera and the Brain: What brain research can teach the photographer. Available now!
I held this at Harold's Mansion, Dumaguete, Negros Island, Philippines. I'm happy about the attention my book got!
Student and alumni entrepreneurs in the Butler Launch Pad access valuable resources and events, meet with expert advisers, and get the guidance they need to move their businesses from Point A to Point B faster. A cohort of these entrepreneurs showcased their ventures and pitched to the Babson community at the Fast Track Showcase.
Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-129. "liftoff of space shuttle Atlantis, on a mission to build, re-supply and to do research on the International Space Station"
Potrero Launch Modern Urban Lofts with Minerit HD Fiber Cement Boards on a RainScreen System. Martin Building Company, HKS Architects, installed by J & J Acoustics.
This 22.5-foot wake boat welcomes as many as 13 with versatile seating, comfort and wake sport performance. The Launch 22V interior brings resilient multi-textured Syntec NANO Block vinyls together with the durability of exclusive Gore Tenara thread. Triple density foam construction makes the interior as cushy as it is beautiful. Supra has made the high-traffic path from the lounge to the swim step worry-free with a fiberglass seat step and transom walkacross. The wakes are multi-discipline and pro caliber. Control your curl and your ramps with cockpit switching or a Touch of the VISION. As fun to drive as it is to ride, the 22V slices through rough water with flat precise turns. High and slow speed maneuvers are almost as impressive as you will look pulling them off. Playpen or walk-through bow, the Launch and Sunsport 22V will fit your wake boating lifestyle.
Overall Length w/o Platform: 22' 6"
Overall Length w/ Platform: 24' 11"
Overall Length w/ Platform & Trailer: 26' 9"
Width (Beam): 100"
Overall Width w/ Trailer: 102"
Draft: 25"
Weight - Boat only: 3,800 lbs
Weight - Boat and Trailer: 5,100 lbs
Capacity - Passenger: 13
Capacity - Weight: 1,900 lbs
Capacity - Fuel: 50 gals
Capacity - Ballast: 1,950 lbs
Engine - Electronic Fuel Injection: 345 HP V-8
The Supra Launch 21V cranks the wakes for pro shredder Taylor McCullough and then dials them back to beginner. Customizable rider profiles easily accessed through Supra’s new VISION Touch dash, can be tailored to individual skills with extreme precision. Supra’s wake-shaping SmatePlate, 1950-pound Flex Ballast and Zero Off speed control can be programed to preference and housed in as many as 16 unique profiles. And when you're ready for no wake, speed it up and drain the upgradable ballast for an amazing recreational ski. Recover from the water sports versatility in the new luxurious 21V interior. Deep supportive seating comforts with plush 4” bolsters and tough multi-textured Syntec NANO Block Technology (NBT) vinyl designs. The new swivel racing-style driver’s seat with E-Boost electronic height adjust and Warm-up Seat heat raises the driving experience way beyond better. The Double-up Seating of the Launch 21V adds a flip-up lean-back to the observer’s seat and the playpen, while the Sunsport 21V features a walk-through bow. This Supra is your road to water sports fun.
Overall Length w/o Platform: 21' 4"
Overall Length w/ Platform: 23' 7"
Overall Length w/ Platform & Trailer: 25' 10"
Width (Beam): 99"
Overall Width w/ Trailer: 102"
Draft: 25"
Weight - Boat only: 3,600 lbs
Weight - Boat and Trailer: 4,800 lbs
Capacity - Passenger: 12
Capacity - Weight: 1,700 lbs
Capacity - Fuel: 50 gals
Capacity - Ballast: 1,950 lbs
Engine - Electronic Fuel Injection: 345 HP V-8
More than 800 students from across the U.S. and Puerto Rico launched nearly 50 high-powered, amateur rockets April 15, near NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, during the Agency's annual rocket competition.
For the past nine months prior, teams of middle school, high school, college, and university students were tasked to design, build, and launch a rocket and scientific payload to an altitude between 4,000 and 6,000 feet, while making a successful landing and executing a scientific or engineering payload mission.
Student Launch is one of NASA's eight Artemis Student Challenges - a series of activities providing students access to the Artemis program. Through Artemis, NASA will return humans to the Moon for long-term exploration, including landing the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface, missions that will help pave the way for future missions to Mars.
The 2023 launch event and award ceremony are available to view on NASA's Marshall YouTube and Student Launch Facebook pages.
For more information, visit: NASA Student Launch.
IMAGE CREDIT: NASA
This 22.5-foot wake boat welcomes as many as 13 with versatile seating, comfort and wake sport performance. The Launch 22V interior brings resilient multi-textured Syntec NANO Block vinyls together with the durability of exclusive Gore Tenara thread. Triple density foam construction makes the interior as cushy as it is beautiful. Supra has made the high-traffic path from the lounge to the swim step worry-free with a fiberglass seat step and transom walkacross. The wakes are multi-discipline and pro caliber. Control your curl and your ramps with cockpit switching or a Touch of the VISION. As fun to drive as it is to ride, the 22V slices through rough water with flat precise turns. High and slow speed maneuvers are almost as impressive as you will look pulling them off. Playpen or walk-through bow, the Launch and Sunsport 22V will fit your wake boating lifestyle.
Overall Length w/o Platform: 22' 6"
Overall Length w/ Platform: 24' 11"
Overall Length w/ Platform & Trailer: 26' 9"
Width (Beam): 100"
Overall Width w/ Trailer: 102"
Draft: 25"
Weight - Boat only: 3,800 lbs
Weight - Boat and Trailer: 5,100 lbs
Capacity - Passenger: 13
Capacity - Weight: 1,900 lbs
Capacity - Fuel: 50 gals
Capacity - Ballast: 1,950 lbs
Engine - Electronic Fuel Injection: 345 HP V-8
Whether you're looking for a luxury ride to dinner or a pro-level wake appetizer, the 2013 Launch 242 can take you there. Deep comforting seats for 15 draped in plush durable Syntec NBT vinyl line the inside. Beneath the lounge, large LED-lit storage areas have room for everything including refreshment. The new stay-cold 48-can Supra Boats branded soft-sided AO Cooler can be filled in the house and stored anywhere in the boat. Stainless steel cup holders accept drinks through out. When the ride is behind the 242 the 345 Surf engine from Indmar cranks out 370 lb-ft of torque, Flex ballast swells to 2200 pounds, the SmartPlate refines shape and the wakes Launch. Control the performance with the new VISION Touch dash and save these settings in as many as 16 unique rider profiles. The Supra Launch 242 is the ride of your life no matter where you're headed.
Overall Length w/o Platform: 24'1"
Overall Length w/ Platform: 26' 3"
Overall Length w/ Platform & Trailer: 28' 1"
Width (Beam): 102"
Overall Width w/ Trailer: 106"
Draft: 26"
Weight - Boat only: 4,000 lbs
Weight - Boat and Trailer: 5,300 lbs
Capacity - Passenger: 15
Capacity - Weight: 2,100 lbs
Capacity - Fuel: 68 gals
Capacity - Ballast: 2,200 lbs
Engine - Electronic Fuel Injection: 345 HP V-8
January 24, 2025 - SpaceX Rocket Launch at 6:07 AM, as seen and photographed from my Home in Long Beach, CA.
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft lifts off on from Space Launch Complex 41 on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. OSIRIS-REx will be the first U.S. mission to sample an asteroid, retrieve at least two ounces of surface material and return it to Earth for study. The asteroid, Bennu, may hold clues to the origin of the solar system and the source of water and organic molecules found on Earth. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 5, 2019) An F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 takes off from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) in international airspace in support of Exercise Balikatan 2019. In its 35th iteration, Balikatan is an annual U.S.-Philippine military training exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counter-terrorism, and other combined military operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Daniel Barker/Released)
Bonus shot for week 9 of the 52 Weeks of Lego project.
Space Shuttle Discovery is currently on its final mission, delivering equipment to the International Space Station. I had planned to save this shot for the week of the final shuttle mission ever, but all the remaining missions I could find on NASA's website coincide with weeks of important events in my personal life that I would rather showcase, so here it is this week. I missed the launch by a few days, but the mission is still on, so it's still a current event.
My view of the first attempt to launch the CRS-10 mission to resupply the International Space Station. My cameras (pictured and taking picture) are both pointed roughly at Launch Complex 39A with the Falcon 9 rocket. LC-39A is small, but visible, in the image.
Speakers, VIPs and members of the Coaching Ireland Coaching People with Disabilities Working Group at the Launch of Coaching People with Disabilities - All Island Coach Education Framework. Sports HQ, Park West, Dublin
Front row: Niamh Daffy (CARA APA Centre, Tralee), Benda Hopkins (Cerebral Palsy Sport Ireland), Eilidh Bartlet (Special Olympic Ireland), John Fulham (Former European 100m/200m Champion), Elaine Reid (Disability Sport NI)
Back row: Declan O'Leary (Coaching Ireland), Ed Niland (Irish Wheelchair Association - Sport), Oisin Jordan (Football Association of Ireland), Mary Davis (Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia), Paul Ryder (Irish Deaf Sport Association), John Treacy (Irish Sports Council), Eamon McCartan (Sport Northern Ireland), Michael McGeehin (Coaching Ireland)
14 July, 2009 - Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría at the press conference of the Economic Survey of Brazil 2009 in Brasilia. Mr. Gurría highlighted that “Prudent policies have enabled Brazil to respond to the global crisis with measures that are counter-cyclical, that is, what is saved in good times can be used to support the economy in a downturn.”
For more information about the Economic Survey of Brazil, visit: www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/brazil
© Photo: Elza Fiúza/ABr
The venue nightclub in The Grand Hotel Wicklow Town was aunched 01st April 2011. read about it here:
thewicklowway.ie/blog/2011/04/02/nightclub-launch-success...
The Supra Launch 21V cranks the wakes for pro shredder Taylor McCullough and then dials them back to beginner. Customizable rider profiles easily accessed through Supra’s new VISION Touch dash, can be tailored to individual skills with extreme precision. Supra’s wake-shaping SmatePlate, 1950-pound Flex Ballast and Zero Off speed control can be programed to preference and housed in as many as 16 unique profiles. And when you're ready for no wake, speed it up and drain the upgradable ballast for an amazing recreational ski. Recover from the water sports versatility in the new luxurious 21V interior. Deep supportive seating comforts with plush 4” bolsters and tough multi-textured Syntec NANO Block Technology (NBT) vinyl designs. The new swivel racing-style driver’s seat with E-Boost electronic height adjust and Warm-up Seat heat raises the driving experience way beyond better. The Double-up Seating of the Launch 21V adds a flip-up lean-back to the observer’s seat and the playpen, while the Sunsport 21V features a walk-through bow. This Supra is your road to water sports fun.
Overall Length w/o Platform: 21' 4"
Overall Length w/ Platform: 23' 7"
Overall Length w/ Platform & Trailer: 25' 10"
Width (Beam): 99"
Overall Width w/ Trailer: 102"
Draft: 25"
Weight - Boat only: 3,600 lbs
Weight - Boat and Trailer: 4,800 lbs
Capacity - Passenger: 12
Capacity - Weight: 1,700 lbs
Capacity - Fuel: 50 gals
Capacity - Ballast: 1,950 lbs
Engine - Electronic Fuel Injection: 345 HP V-8
Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-129. "liftoff of space shuttle Atlantis, on a mission to build, re-supply and to do research on the International Space Station"
Snaps from ESA Mission Control on the occasion of the launch of Solar Orbiter, which was lofted into orbit by a ULA Atlas V rocket on 10 February 2020 at 05:03 CET. Images credit: J Mai
Launch Time/Window PST/PDT: 19:21
Vehicle: Falcon 9
Payload: Argentina's SAOCOM-1A Satellite
Pad/Silo: SLC-4E
This 22.5-foot wake boat welcomes as many as 13 with versatile seating, comfort and wake sport performance. The Launch 22V interior brings resilient multi-textured Syntec NANO Block vinyls together with the durability of exclusive Gore Tenara thread. Triple density foam construction makes the interior as cushy as it is beautiful. Supra has made the high-traffic path from the lounge to the swim step worry-free with a fiberglass seat step and transom walkacross. The wakes are multi-discipline and pro caliber. Control your curl and your ramps with cockpit switching or a Touch of the VISION. As fun to drive as it is to ride, the 22V slices through rough water with flat precise turns. High and slow speed maneuvers are almost as impressive as you will look pulling them off. Playpen or walk-through bow, the Launch and Sunsport 22V will fit your wake boating lifestyle.
Overall Length w/o Platform: 22' 6"
Overall Length w/ Platform: 24' 11"
Overall Length w/ Platform & Trailer: 26' 9"
Width (Beam): 100"
Overall Width w/ Trailer: 102"
Draft: 25"
Weight - Boat only: 3,800 lbs
Weight - Boat and Trailer: 5,100 lbs
Capacity - Passenger: 13
Capacity - Weight: 1,900 lbs
Capacity - Fuel: 50 gals
Capacity - Ballast: 1,950 lbs
Engine - Electronic Fuel Injection: 345 HP V-8
A Discus Launch Glider (DLG) is a radio controlled model sailplane launched using a 'discus launch' in which the glider is held by a wingtip and rotated around the flyer by hand before release. Using this method of launching the average flier can achieve launch heights of greater than 140 feet (43 m), with the better throwers exceeding 200-foot (61 m) high launches.
The discus method of hand launching has now in effect replaced the older 'javelin style' launch, where a hand launched model glider would be launched over-arm, like a javelin would be thrown. The discus launch is far easier, more efficient and less physically demanding than the javelin launch.
Although some DLG designs utilise a traditional built-up construction using balsa wood and covering film, most DLG models are generally now constructed from composite materials, in the form of Kevlar, carbon fibre and glass fibre. Fuselages are moulded in Kevlar/carbon and epoxy, with wings either moulded as a hollow composite shell, or vacuum bagged over a wire-cut foam core.
Most DLG models use aileron, rudder and elevator control, with the ailerons also being used as camber changing flaps for different modes of flight and also as airbrakes for landing. A modern DLG model weighs approximately 9 or 10 ounces (255-283 grams) and has sophisticated aerodynamics. Many pilots use computer radio transmitters with full mixing and flight mode capabilities in order to optimise performance and set up the models for flight as near perfectly as possible.
DLG models are used for both general fun/sport flying and also for contest flying.
More than 800 students from across the U.S. and Puerto Rico launched nearly 50 high-powered, amateur rockets April 15, near NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, during the Agency's annual rocket competition.
For the past nine months prior, teams of middle school, high school, college, and university students were tasked to design, build, and launch a rocket and scientific payload to an altitude between 4,000 and 6,000 feet, while making a successful landing and executing a scientific or engineering payload mission.
Student Launch is one of NASA's eight Artemis Student Challenges - a series of activities providing students access to the Artemis program. Through Artemis, NASA will return humans to the Moon for long-term exploration, including landing the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface, missions that will help pave the way for future missions to Mars.
The 2023 launch event and award ceremony are available to view on NASA's Marshall YouTube and Student Launch Facebook pages.
For more information, visit: NASA Student Launch.
IMAGE CREDIT: NASA
The Supra Launch 21V cranks the wakes for pro shredder Taylor McCullough and then dials them back to beginner. Customizable rider profiles easily accessed through Supra’s new VISION Touch dash, can be tailored to individual skills with extreme precision. Supra’s wake-shaping SmatePlate, 1950-pound Flex Ballast and Zero Off speed control can be programed to preference and housed in as many as 16 unique profiles. And when you're ready for no wake, speed it up and drain the upgradable ballast for an amazing recreational ski. Recover from the water sports versatility in the new luxurious 21V interior. Deep supportive seating comforts with plush 4” bolsters and tough multi-textured Syntec NANO Block Technology (NBT) vinyl designs. The new swivel racing-style driver’s seat with E-Boost electronic height adjust and Warm-up Seat heat raises the driving experience way beyond better. The Double-up Seating of the Launch 21V adds a flip-up lean-back to the observer’s seat and the playpen, while the Sunsport 21V features a walk-through bow. This Supra is your road to water sports fun.
Overall Length w/o Platform: 21' 4"
Overall Length w/ Platform: 23' 7"
Overall Length w/ Platform & Trailer: 25' 10"
Width (Beam): 99"
Overall Width w/ Trailer: 102"
Draft: 25"
Weight - Boat only: 3,600 lbs
Weight - Boat and Trailer: 4,800 lbs
Capacity - Passenger: 12
Capacity - Weight: 1,700 lbs
Capacity - Fuel: 50 gals
Capacity - Ballast: 1,950 lbs
Engine - Electronic Fuel Injection: 345 HP V-8