NASA recently posted a picture of the September 6 launch of their lunar explorer, known as LADEE which showed that one little frog apparently though he was destined to join the space program as well.
The picture (above) clearly shows the frog at least getting a few moments of flight before it’s presumed death. Current speculation is that it was resting in a water pool designed to cool the rocket booster exhaust.
NASA spokesperson Allard Beutel said in an email that the photo was taken by a remote NASA camera at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Apparently “there were about 8 or 9 frames in the sequence … However, this is the only one showing the image of a frog.”
The sad fate of this frog was not a complete loss though, the internet has exploded with memes… here are a few.
