![]() ![]() Since Project Apollo, which catapulted men to the moon, ended 48 years ago, and the eclipse of the Space Shuttle, which mounted 135 missions, spaceflight prompted a certain ennui. And somehow the rise of the SpaceX Falcon-Heavy rocket defied the notion that there is no revelation in repetition.Īmericans have been launching rockets from Florida for 73 years the first one was on July 24, 1950, a date hardly anyone marks or even is aware of. VERO BEACH, Fla.-I saw it lift into the dusky heavens, reaching upward in a stunning ballet of determination and grace, creeping across the sky in an orange streak, stretching toward earth orbit. ![]() Shribman is the former executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. ![]()
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