From On the Wings of the Wind...
“T-minus twenty seconds and counting.”
The voice from Mission Control calmly announces the start of a remarkable journey.
“T-minus fifteen seconds. T-minus ten. Nine. Eight seconds. It’s a go. Engine ignition.”
Strapped in their seats on the space shuttle Endeavor, the seven crew members look out the window to see nothing but a flash of orange flame. Their cabin shakes with a deafening roar so powerful houses shudder miles away. Birds fall dead from the sheer sound.
The orbiter and its giant fuel tanks are smothered in a blanket of white smoke. The temperature on the launch pad soars to 6,000 degrees. Five million pounds of thrust pushes the astronauts violently back in their seats.
“We have lift-off,” says Mission Control.
Maria Rossi looked at the words on the monitor, pleased with what she wrote. She tapped out the next sentence on the keyboard.
It was show time for Sharon Brantley.
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