SPACE FIRST PLACE
An Atlas V launches with NROL-39, blasting water from the noise-suppression system and ice from the supercold liquid oxygen in the rocket. Photo by Patrick Corkery, Littleton, Colorado.
SPACE SECOND PLACE
A SpaceX Falcon 9 V1.1 rocket, carrying the Thaicom 6 satellite, lifts off from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40. Photo by Walter Scriptunas, 2nd, Charleston, West Virginia.
SPACE THIRD PLACE
The GPS IIF-5 spacecraft ascends through a clear night sky aboard a Delta IV rocket on Feb. 20, 2014, creating a beautiful arc over the masts of sailboats moored at a Titusville, Florida, marina. Photo by John Moss, Viera, Florida.
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