Growing up in the 80s and 90s i was always very jealous of folks like you who got to see all that happen
I was a huge space nerd. I knew all the names of all the astronauts, I had so many space missions memorized and their rockets statistics. I knew about this Orion project back in the 90s, sadly it didnt develope as conceptualized but maybe oneday... My grandpa worked for NASA and really fed into it. I got goosebumps watching this launch, was so excited I broke out into laughter watching that big candle lite up and lift off. I cant believe this is happening and I get to see it! That link is a non stop live feed and I watched it till 3am last night, and will watch ut non stop until they splash down.
Thay is super cool about your wife's grandmother. I got to ask, do you still have the bike?