Rocketing to Higher Altitudes

The picture show the LDSD test vehicle and an engine burn in orange/red, with Earth as a blue-green orb in the background.
June 28, 2014
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech
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A screen shot shows the LDSD test vehicle after it dropped from the balloon that lifted it to high altitudes and fired its rocket. The picture was taken by a low-resolution camera onboard the vehicle. Earth is the blue-green orb in the background.