Morning gathers on the launch pad Vaulting toward the waking sky Earth grows smaller through the viewport Like a memory left behind Continents dissolve to color Oceans fade to threads of blue Hands once anchored to a homeland Reach for worlds no eye has viewed Questions pull beyond the heavens Past the borders we have drawn Truth has always favored travelers Brave enough to press beyond Light the engines, break the silence Leave the certainty below Follow constellations waiting Where no human foot may go If tomorrow wears another face We'll greet it without fear The universe is still unwritten Its first words drawing near Hours vanish without measure Stars replace the rising sun Time unfolds in silent circles Counting centuries as one Reason built our proud foundations Stone by stone against the night Still the greatest of convictions Can mistake itself for right "We crossed the oceans. We crossed the heavens. We believed distance was the final frontier. We never questioned ourselves." Lift us through the silent heavens Guide us where the unknown calls May our wisdom match our courage When familiar greatness falls Far beyond the edge of memory Past the last terrestrial light One small voyage leaves behind us Everything we thought was right
