A Balloon's-Eye View of Shuttle Discovery's Trail

Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 15:30 in Astronomy & Space

The Robonaut-1 balloon took this video from about 100,000 feet up, just after NASA's space shuttle Discovery launched on Feb. 24, 2011. The wafting vapor trail Discovery left behind as it streaked into space is visible.

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