Popular Science
  • 7 years ago
Space is cool. From the first-ever photo of Earth from beyond our atmosphere, to the Apollo missions, to the Falcon Heavy test launch, humanity has seen some incredible spacecraft launch toward the stars. Here are 24 famous rockets and space shuttles as they left Earth to explore the cosmos.

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Producer/Video by:
Jason Lederman

Media:
NASA
Getty
Race For Space (1959)
Roscosmos
Blue Origin
SpaceX

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