Birds don't fly this high.
Airplanes don't go this fast. The
Statue of Liberty weighs less. No
species other than human can even comprehend what is going on, nor could any
human just a
millennium ago. The launch of a
rocket bound for space is an event that
inspires awe and challenges description.
Pictured above, the
Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off to
visit the
International Space Station during the early morning hours of 2001 July 12. From a standing start, the two million kilogram
rocket ship left to circle the
Earth where the outside air is too thin to breathe and where there is
little noticeable onboard gravity.
Rockets bound for space are now
launched from somewhere on Earth
about once a week.
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