A is for Astronaut the bravest of souls They fly into space and assume many roles They pilot they spacewalk and they even cut hair But seeing Earth from our orbit that will cause them to stare
B is for Blastoff a powerful thing When those engines are fired it'll make your ears There is smoke _ and vibration as we launch into And we do it with flair with excitement and
The launch of the space shuttle was an amazing sight to see The shuttle powered by two solid rocket motors and three space shuttle main engines generated nearly 7 million pounds of thrust at liftoff The shuttle stack the shuttle its boosters and orange fuel tank traveled at more than 120 miles an hour by the time it cleared the launch pad The blastoff is simply a well controlled explosion Just six minutes after liftoff the shuttle is moving so fast that every thing on board will weigh nearly three times more than it did on Earth Then 2 5 minutes later when the main engines cut off everything will be floating Welcome to outer space Please enjoy the view ears ring into space grace
