NASA Tags In Space Best Visiting Sites For Halloween, Astronauts Tweet Despite U.S. Shutdown
Even NASA is all set for the Halloween. With all the haunted hotels, restaurants and other places featured worldwide, currently there is the Launch Complex-34 for the space agency.
Hufftington reported the spirits of three astronauts who have died due to a tragedy still haunt the place in Cape Canaveral.
Many told stories claimed the launch complex started in 1960. It was the Apollo program's launching pad. The tragedy occured when the Apollo I capsule was going through a launch test as this failed and took the lives of the three astronauts such as Roger Chaffee, Ed White and Gus Grissom.
Today, several employees of the U.S. space agency and other visitors claimed they hear some screams in the pad, adding to its overall gloomy ambiance. A store in the locality also recalled that NASA once put visitation on hold after reports of odd occurrences in the area. As a common practice, simple respects and rituals to the place and the noble dead astronauts are held while you ride the bus tour.
With the recent prevailing shutdown issues, even bus tours are put on halt until further notice like social network accounts of the space agency. But the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex still operate on regular hours.
Photos Shared By NASA Astronauts Via Twitter
It has been two weeks since the government shutdown put on hold the NASA online presence, but astronauts in the International Space Station continue to tweet photos to share the most amazing space snapshots.
Some of the best tweeted photos were taken by U.S. ISS Astronauts Mike Hopkins and Karen Nyberg. For now, everyone's wishing the best for the popular U.S. space agency.
I never thought the desert could be so beautiful. Sand dunes in the Sahara. pic.twitter.com/lyhg5jxqHx
— Mike Hopkins (@AstroIllini) October 13, 2013
Saw something launch into space today. Not sure what it was but the cloud it left behind was pretty amazing pic.twitter.com/dPJc9XXDZm — Mike Hopkins (@AstroIllini) October 10, 2013
The pic doesn't do the northern lights justice. Covered the whole sky. Truly amazing! pic.twitter.com/3H2YTlElyU
— Mike Hopkins (@AstroIllini) October 9, 2013