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.