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Alamogordo,, USA - May 28, 2007: Outdoor exhibit with rocket Little Joe 2 at New Mexico Museum of Space History, Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States of America, North America
Multiple apparent rocket launches looking east from Guadalupe California. From the distance, they had to have been launched from Edwards Air Force Base. Their speed was slow as rockets go, but the lingering smoke trails are not a hallmark of jet engines. No information was publicly available.
Military training, the launch of an anti-aircraft missile to hit a flying target.
NASA Artemis 1 sits on launch pad 39B in April 2022 as part of the initial testing. Artemis 1 on the pad for initial wet dress testing that resulted in the original fuel leak issues. Shortly thereafter the SLS rocket was rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for repairs. Heat wave distortion is shown in lower portion of image (above the greenery) due to the distance and the heating of the day.
Perseverance Rover Rocket Launch
Image are intended for editorial use -  NASA Launch Pad at Kennedy Space Center
The Rocket Garden at Kennedy Space Center with the historic Saturn 1-B rocket in the foreground. The Saturn 1-B was used prior to the development of the Saturn V rocket. It propelled astronauts into Earth orbit for test flights and work on Skylab.
Yasothon Province, Thailand - 12 May 2024: Yasothon Rocket Festival, where rockets are lit and a ritual to ask for rain from the gods so that water can be used for agriculture, according to beliefs. There is a rocket-lit competition to find the winner, with cash prizes for the winner.
Boca Chica , Texas , USA - June 8th 2021: Starbase space launch facility in South Texas
Wallops Island, Virginia, USA - March 21, 2024: Rocket Lab's \
Rocket Launching
June 5, 2024, Cape Canaveral, FL:  An Atlas V rocket carrying a Boeing Starliner spacecraft and crew for the first time. The rocket ascends into the sky, its bright flames contrasting against the clear blue backdrop. A trail of smoke follows the rocket, marking its path as it pierces through a soft cloud. \nViewed from public beach.
Artemis 1 Moon Rocket on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Florida photograph taken March 2022
At the southernmost point in the U.S.
NOAA GOES-T weather satellite launches aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from SLC-41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, as seen from the A. Max Brewer Bridge in Titusville, Florida on March 1, 2022.
Antares Rocket launch, Wallops Island, VA
miami, United States – March 21, 2021: A closeup shot of rocket engines in John Kennedy Space Center in Miami, Florida, United States
Discovery Space Shuttle Launch .
Successful launch of a rocket with a smoke trail into the sky with clouds. Space Shuttle ship take off through the clouds into space
Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis for the STS-122 mission
This is a launch pad that is used by different groups to launch rockets carrying satellites, space scopes and whatever else to orbit.  Located in South Florida.  Wildlife and birds were everywhere.
Artemis I, the first test of NASA's Space Launch System heavy lift vehicle sits on launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on  April 11 2022. The space vehicle waits before another attempt at the wet dress rehearsal in April, before the actual launch and flight later in the spring. The SLS will carry the Orion capsule which will bring man back to the moon. The image at mid day shows the heat waves shimmering producing a slightly blurry view of the launch vehicle. View from across the many lakes and ponds of the Merritt Island national wildlife refuge.
Rocket and Ferris-Wheel in abandoned amusement park in rural Campbell County Tennessee.
Wallops Island, Virginia, USA - March 21, 2024: Rocket Lab’s Neutron Production Complex adjacent to NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility and the company's Launch Complex 2 (LC-2).
NASA Artemis rocket, part of the SLS (space launch system), on Pad 39 B at the Kennedy Space Center.  The rocket is 32 stories tall and weighs 5.75 million pounds. The purpose of the rocket is to return humans to the moon. \nCanaveral National Seashore\nMarch 24, 2022
Power station industrial chimney with smoke at sunset
Wallops Island, Virginia, United States - OCTOBER 28, 2014: An Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket is ready for launch at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.  The rocket exploded shortly after launch.
In Cocoa Beach, USA before the sunrise when it is still dark the United Launch Alliance Atlas V Rocket can be seen lighting up the sky when it launches.
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