Flying frog caught on camera during NASA rocket launch

Rocket launch throws frog into the air: During the launch of NASA's LADEE spacecraft last Friday (September 6), a camera photographed a frog being thrown into the air during ignition of the Minotaur 5 rocket.

The picture was taken by one of NASA's remote cameras that was set up for the launch at Wallops/Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia.

Spokesman for Wallops, Jeremy Eggers, confirms that the photograph is, in fact, legit, and hasn't been altered in any way.

What was the frog doing at the launch pad? Was it searching for something to eat? And what happened to it after it was blasted into the air? Did its life flash before its eyes? Did it recall happy moments as a tadpole? So many questions, yet no concrete answers.

One theory for why the frog was in the area to begin with, was because the launch pad has a "pool" for the high-volume water deluge system that activates during launches in order to suppress the noise of launches, and to guard the pad against damage. Most likely, the frog was attracted to the damp, cool environment.

As to what happened to the amphibian after, no one knows. So we at TomoNews decided to animate what we thought might have happened before and after the little guy was captured on film as an amazing amphibious projectile.

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