Edited by Dava Sobel
Countdown metronomic
Astronomic diastolic
Mental state cyclonic
Praying atheist ironic
Cacophony chaotic
Blastoff billowing iconic
Liftoff! Spacecraft aeronautic
Rocket supersonic
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Clapping histrionic
Grinning idiotic
Hugging kiss platonic
Gazing up hypnotic
Orbit episodic
Flawless avionic
Systolic now harmonic
Recapping rhapsodic
Nighttime mind spasmodic
Therapeutic tonic
Crashed-out catatonic
Dreaming astronautic