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One small step for a frog; one giant leap for frogkind.
Source, with picture of frog: The Frog That Got Caught in the Crossfire of a Rocket Launch - Megan Garber - The AtlanticThe Frog That Got Caught in the Crossfire of a Rocket Launch
This brings a whole new meaning to "amphibious vehicle."
We can only speculate, though: We do not, alas, know the frog's fate. (Or, as Atkinson puts it, "We cannot say with any certainty that no frog was harmed in the making of this picture.") But rest assured, the animal's sacrifice, if it came to that, would not have been in vain: This was a frog that, we can safely assume, got closer to the moon than almost all others of its fellow creatures ever has. One small step for a frog; one giant leap for frogkind.
Image source: Probe streaks over NY skyline on its way to the moon - PhotoBlog