Sun-Earth Day 2008: Space Weather Around the World
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In the Sun-Earth Day podcast, "STS-118 Lift Off", hear the thoughts of this excited group as they travel by bus from Orlando, FL, to Kennedy Space Center just hours before the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavor STS-118.
Space Weather Fact
The most powerful solar flare in the last 500 years occurred on September 2, 1859 and was sighted by two astronomers who happened to be looking at the sun at exactly the right time!
