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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Caterpillar- Caterpie Astonishingly, some of these ‘Pokémon-looking’ animals have actually inspired real Pokémon! Nature has some really weird looking animals, to the point where you wonder if evolution is just… playing jigsaw(?)! Here are four animals that inspired actual Pokémon, and four more that definitely should! 1. The best place to look for a worldwide listing of dates and locations of Rocket Launches, check out the list at Spaceflight Now.Ever looked at a praying mantis and wondered, “Wow, you actually look pretty unreal!”? If you’ve watched animal channels on TV as a kid, you’ve definitely seen some episode where they display ‘Nature’s Weirdest’ animals - and some of them actually look like they’re made-up. There are also other opportunities if you should be traveling overseas. No tours are given, but the third Saturday of each month you can get in on their “Plane Crazy” Saturdays where admission to the port is free. You may not see a true rocket launch here, but you can definitely witness some of the test vehicles flying around. This is where the birth of new spacefaring companies will start, test and build. They are dubbed the Silicon Valley of the personal spaceflight industry and offer all the conveniences and facilities of a space age start up. Nowadays, they are known as the Mojave Air and Spaceport and have over 60 companies located onsite. The chance of you seeing a rocket launch here may be slim, but you can cruise down the runway where they will one day welcome back astronauts on a daily basis.įirst opened in 1935, the Mojave Airport was as a small airfield serving the gold and silver mines. There are 3.5-hour bus tours given on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays that originate from Truth or Consequences. SpaceX, UP Aerospace and Armadillo Aerospace have now also moved in. In 2011, just a bit outside of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, Spaceport America was opened with Virgin Galactic being their primary tenant. They are located on NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility and their website is the best place to check for launch dates. They have taken over what was originally was known as the Virginia Space Flight Center and opened it up to commercial space travel. In 2003, Maryland and Virginia got together and developed a plan for the implementation of a spaceport. Consult this schedule for approximate launch dates.īet you didn’t know that there was a launch site in the Mid-Atlantic States, did you? There is, and it is located in Chincoteague, Virginia. Originally, this was going to be the west coast launch for the shuttle missions and was even outfitted for the program, which never came to fruition after the Challenger Disaster. Space X contracts to use the facility as well. Vandenberg AFB is a “Department of Defense space and missile testing base, with a mission of placing satellites into polar orbit from the West Coast, using expendable boosters.” This means that they normally won’t tell you what the payload is that they are launching up out there, but they are normally doing it about once a month.

The Space Coast even keeps a website up with a countdown to their next launch. This area is probably still your best shot for seeing a launch in person. The Kennedy Space Center has only two pads, 39A and 39B, which are remembered most for the shuttle launches.ģ9B is inactive but still set for a shuttle launch but 39A is being rebuilt right now to handle SpaceX’s new rockets. The truth is that Cape Canaveral is actually an Air Force Station which currently has three active launch pads. Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral are side by side and the names are often interchanged. There can be no article written about space flight that did not include the Space Coast area. If you do have an interest in seeing more of the upcoming space programs across the country, there has never been an easier and more accessible time.

Where to See a Rocket Launch | TravelPulseįor those who don’t speak Space Geek, Orion is the new manned program that NASA is working on.