Launch of the Atlas V rocket with NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satelite on June 18 at 5:32 EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida
It goes up quicker than the shuttle, but then again, it only weights a fraction of the weight of the Space Shuttle. People don't realize that the Space Shuttle is the heaviest machine ever put into orbit utilizing a single launch.
The Space Shuttle is the Sumo Wrestler of space machines!
I don't think we could have put up the Hubble any other way. :)
mburch1974 2 years ago
It goes up quicker than the shuttle, but then again, it only weights a fraction of the weight of the Space Shuttle. People don't realize that the Space Shuttle is the heaviest machine ever put into orbit utilizing a single launch.
The Space Shuttle is the Sumo Wrestler of space machines!
osallent 2 years ago
that thing goes up quick compared to the shuttle.
mburch1974 2 years ago