24 November

We had a successful launch, today!  Braved the icy roads and made it up the mountain.  Exciting to see clear skies and aurora then ten trails in the sky.  Everything worked perfectly, at all the camera sites.

Celebration dinner tonight at Huset, the fancy restaurant in town.

It's been a long day and it's only 3:00.

Here's an example of what we were photographing.  That's Jupiter, furthest left.

My afternoon has been spent trying to get airline tickets changed (two down, three to go), packing up the equipment that goes back on the NASA plane (since we will need it for the January Alaska launch), trying to get Barrett back from Ny-Alesund (flights are only on Monday and Friday and there's no room for his crates on Friday), and trying to stay awake.  If I take a small nap before dinner, I'll never wake up.

Had an amazing five course dinner at Huset. 

Came home and crashed.