The view of earth is spectacular from space. Most people imagine that when astronauts look out the window of the shuttle they see the whole earth like that big blue marble that was made famous by the flights that went to the moon. But the shuttle is much, much closer than those astronauts were. So we don't see the whole planet, the whole ball at once, we just see parts of it.
Sally RideThe rockets light! The shuttle leaps off the launch pad in a cloud of steam and a trail of fire.
Sally RideWhen you're getting ready to launch into space, you're sitting on a big explosion waiting to happen.
Sally RideWhen you can feel that close to something you're used to seeing from this great distance, well, it changes a person.
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