We’re here! We arrived safely at the launch site. Here’s a picture of us being unloaded from the truck. I don’t know why everyone says its so hot and rainy here; the weather is perfect! Upper 70s and sunny. This is going to be fun!
Thanks to the folks at ISAS/JAXA for the picture of us pulling into the launch site.
Oh – here’s a picture taken from one of the test buildings looking down on the launch tower.
“Mata Ugoiteiru” (OK, OK, that’s as close as I can get to “On the Road Again!”)
Yipee – we’re on our way to the launch site! We made our stop at Tsukuba Space Center (outside of Tokyo). There they took a final weight measurement and spin test (one more time – around and around we go!). Everything checked out fine – of course!
Then they packed us up and put us on a big truck for a trip down to the Uchinoura Space Center, where the launch site is. It’s in the south of Kyushu island, and it’ll take a couple days to get down there.
Here’s a picture of us leaving.
I’m bummed out! Today they were supposed to announce my launch date. But instead we have a launch window. So we’ll launch either between June 26 and July 15, or between July 22 and Aug 2. I guess there’s a few more things they need to check out. They’re planning on announcing the launch date around June 9.
This rocket business is complicated!
