The picture above shows the Apollo spacecraft that took astronauts to the Moon in 1969. The spacecraft weighed 6.1 million pounds, and its motors produced 7.5 million pounds of thrust. How did the spacecraft leave the surface of Earth?

A) The spacecraft produced an upward force of thrust that was equal to the downward force of gravity.

B) The spacecraft produced an upward force of thrust that was greater than the downward force of gravity.

C) The spacecraft produced a downward force of thrust that was equal to the downward force of gravity.

D) The spacecraft produced a downward force of thrust that was less than the downward force of gravity.