Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Atlantis to Orbit
Explanation:
Birds [ http://www.pbs.org/…] don't fly this high. Airplanes [ http://quest.arc.na…] don't go this fast. The Statue of Liberty [ http://en.wikipedia…] weighs less. No species [ http://en.wikipedia…] other than human can even comprehend what is going on, nor could any human [ http://www.nlm.nih.…] just a millennium ago [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. The launch of a rocket [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…http://www.grc.nasa…] bound for space is an event that inspires awe [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and challenges description. Pictured above [ http://mediaarchive…], the Space Shuttle Atlantis [ http://science.ksc.…] lifted off to visit the International Space Station [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] during the morning of 2006 September 9. From a standing start, the two million kilogram rocket ship left [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] to circle the Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] where the outside air is too thin to breathe and where there is little noticeable onboard gravity [ http://en.wikipedia…]. Rockets [ http://www.howstuff…] bound for space are now launched [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] from somewhere on Earth about once a week [ http://www.space.co…].
Credit and Copyright:
NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
facet_when:
2006
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Glenn Research Center (GRC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
FAST
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_what:
International Space Station (ISS)
facet_when_year:
2006
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap060913

Atlantis to Orbit
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