in fact, we believe now that the dust undergoes a certain set of processes that levitate it, shoot it up into the air, perhaps as high as 50 kilometers. >> all but one of nasa's previous moon missions since 1959 have been launched from cape canaveral florida. the rare virginia launch givings millions beth taking images on the east coast. take a look at this shot from the top of the rockefeller center in new york city. as the ladee heads to the moon. amading. this picture, from a balcony in bloomi bloomingda bloomingdale, the image shows the different burn stages of ladee. nasa's ladee spacecraft did run into equipment trouble after launch when it began spinning too fast. but no worries. the lunar probe is on a perfect track and they have plenty of time to fix any issues. laddie's expected to reach the moon on october 6th. how cool, uma. >> cool indeed.