Name: 🏈 Go Long! When a spacecraft needs a ride to space, NASA's Launch Services Program has commercial rockets of all shapes and sizes to choose from as part of the NASA Launch Services II contract. Here's how some of these rockets stack up against a football field!
Uploaded: 2026-02-08T21:00:00.000Z
Duration: PT15.000S
Channel: NASA's Kennedy Space Center
Description: NASA's Kennedy Space Center shorts video about 🏈 Go Long! When a spacecraft needs a ride to space, NASA's Launch Services Program has commercial rockets of all shapes and sizes to choose from as part of the NASA Launch Services II contract. Here's how some of these rockets stack up against a football field!

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