We watched a shuttle launch from Cocoa Beach once. The car ride back to POR was about 5 hours long, though.We've seen several launches. We used to spend 3 weeks here every summer visiting family, so we saw several shuttle launches from my mom's backyard. My favorite one though was the one we watched from the beach at Cocoa Beach. It was awesome. You see the rocket go up, then you hear it, and then you feel the ground shaking.