"Blast off on a rip-roaring rocket into the furthest reaches of outer space on this roller-coaster ride in the dark," reads the current description of Space Mountain on the Walt Disney World ...

Rocket bodies tend to be massive ... ZUMA Press via Newscom, FILE Space junk originates from everything that is launched by human access to outer space -- including satellites and equipment ...

"We have launched more satellites in the past six years than we had in the previous 60," astrophysicist and co-director of the Outer Space Institute ... 2,200 abandoned rocket bodies in orbit ...

He has "so much respect" for astronauts, particularly those with engineering backgrounds ... comes to stepping foot on a rocket and propelling himself into outer space. "Never say never," he ...

To launch something like that into space, it takes: Two solid rocket boosters that each burn 1.1 million pounds of fuel in the first 2 minutes. Three main engines on the shuttle itself that ignite ...