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In the 1975 fall of Saigon, the lasting image is of someone dangling from the skids of a helicopter lifting off from the roof of the American Embassy.

Here's hoping the sight of Discovery, now parked and scuffed from the trials of 148 million miles traveled over 39 successful missions, will inspire the next generation of space-farers who will, one day, be lifting off from the nerdiest stretch of coastline in the nation.

Lifting off from Hawaii provides an ideal equatorial launch point for getting satellites into orbit with an extra speed boost.

After lifting off from the Gobi Desert, Col. Yang Liwei orbited Earth several times before landing safely in China.

A disheveled 66, wisps of surviving hair lifting off from his pate, Vince Cable looks more like a provincial bank manager than a political celebrity.

SPORTSWEDNESDAY, PAGE D1 Copter Crashes in East River A sightseeing helicopter lifting off from a Lower Manhattan pier plunged into the East River.

Up, up, and away: The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Friday, June 4.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Friday, June 4.

On Nov. 15, 1988, the joint Energia-Buran system lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, without a crew aboard.

Getty Images Getty Images 10/10 The KSLV-1 (Naro) rocket lifts off from the launch pad at Goheung Space Center in Januar in Goheung-gun, South Korea, 2013.

Vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) vehicles include the helicopter, tilt rotors, and "jump jets," which lift off from the ground in a vertical motion.