{"id":1414,"date":"2024-10-31T10:03:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T14:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/?p=1414"},"modified":"2024-10-31T10:03:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T14:03:59","slug":"cape-canaveral-lighthouse-throwback-thursday-october-25-1995-space-shuttle-columbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/?p=1414","title":{"rendered":"Cape Canaveral Lighthouse &#8211; Throwback Thursday &#8211; October 25, 1995 &#8211; Space Shuttle Columbia."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Space Shuttle Columbia<\/strong> soars into the cloud-washed sky above Cape Canaveral Lighthouse. After six scrubs from the original Sept. 25 launch date, liftoff occurred Oct. 20 at 9:53 a.m. EDT. The crew of seven comprises Commander Ken Bowersox, Pilot Kent Rominger, Mission Specialists Kathy Thornton (Payload Commander), Catherine Coleman and Michael Lopez-Alegria, plus Payload Specialists Fred Leslie and Albert Sacco. The 72nd Shuttle mission, STS-73 marks the second flight of the U.S. Microgravity Laboratory. Research is being conducted in five areas: fluid physics, materials science, biotechnology, combustion science, and commercial space processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lighthouse, undergoing refurbishment and upgrade, is shown with a network of nylon lines ready for canvas panels to be attached. The canvas shroud will protect the surrounding area during sand-blasting of the lead-based paint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\\\"><a href=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/02PD1654-M.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/02PD1654-M.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-1417\\\" style=\\\"width:447px;height:auto\\\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\\\"wp-element-caption\\\">Space Shuttle Columbia Lifts off on 10-25-1995 &#8211; PHOTO CREDIT: NASA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\\\"><a href=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lighthouse-map-Text.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lighthouse-map-Text.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-1404\\\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A <strong>couple quick facts about the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Erected in 1868, the Lighthouse is 151 feet tall.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Lighthouse is topped with a 1st Order Fresnel lens.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Due to storm surge in 1871, the Lighthouse was moved inland in 1893 and 1894 to its current location.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 1939 the Coast Guard took ownership.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 2000 stewardship was transferred to the 45th Space Wing, Patrick Air Force Base.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Space Shuttle Columbia soars into the cloud-washed sky above Cape Canaveral Lighthouse. After six scrubs from the original Sept. 25 launch date, liftoff occurred Oct. 20 at 9:53 a.m. EDT. The crew of seven comprises Commander Ken Bowersox, Pilot Kent Rominger, Mission Specialists Kathy Thornton (Payload Commander), Catherine Coleman and Michael Lopez-Alegria, plus Payload Specialists [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103,135,110,147,106,25],"tags":[44,143,71,146,145,144,27],"class_list":["post-1414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cape-canaveral-lighthouse","category-cape-canaveral-space-force-station","category-kennedy-space-center","category-launch-complex-39a","category-launch-complex-39b","category-space-shuttle-atlantis-columbia-discovery","tag-cape-canaveral-2","tag-columbia","tag-kennedy-space-center","tag-launch-complex","tag-lc-39","tag-ligthhouse","tag-space-shuttle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}