51.   An on-board camera showed the launch site, then the cape, then the Florida coast growing smaller as the rocket climbed higher.

52.   And now Russia faces the unlikely prospect of eviction from its historic launch site.

53.   At the launch site, Russian Strategic Rocket Forces troops who had prepared the launch were in underground bunkers to avoid poisoning by the highly toxic rocket fuel.

54.   Beal claims its factory would create no pollution and says fueling of the rockets would occur at the launch site.

55.   Bruce and Ellen Jarvis watched in disbelief from the launch site as chunks of shuttle rained onto Earth.

56.   But a spacecraft can reach a higher orbit with less energy from a launch site closer to the equator, such as Baikonur.

57.   But Russia uses the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakstan as a launch site for its space program.

58.   Crowds will be allowed near the Lincoln Memorial, but the U.S. Park Police are limiting pedestrian traffic at the nearby Washington Monument and other launch sites.

59.   Engineers at the launch site received data from the spacecraft late Saturday night, confirming the probe was functioning normally, a spokeswoman for the project said Sunday.

60.   Even the launch site involved some misdirection.