APOD
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
SpaceX Falcon 9 to Orbit
Explanation: 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 here, a SpaceX Falcon 9 V rocket lifted off through a cloud deck from Cape Canaveral, Florida last July to deliver cargo and supplies to the International Space Station . From a standing start, the 300,000+ kilogram rocket ship lifted its Dragon Capsule up to circle the Earth , where the outside air is too thin to breathe. Rockets bound for space are now launched from somewhere on Earth about once a week .
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| Date | January 22, 2017 |
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| Credit | Image Credit & Copyright: Tim Shortt , Florida Today |
| Authors & editors: | Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) |
| A service of: |
ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U. |