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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Endeavour to Orbit
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17.03.2008 00:00
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Endeavour to Orbit
Explanation:
Birds
don't fly as high.
Airplanes
don't go as 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. The
exhaust column
pictured is from the
Space Shuttle Endeavour
after last week's
night
launch to visit the
International Space Station
. Endeavour's rocket engines create the dramatic glow from above the clouds. 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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