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NASA Artemis 2 Launch Live!
Did anyone else watch the NASA Artemis 2 Mission Launch Live today?!!! April 1st, 2026 :) 1st woman astronaut onboard to fly to moon (unfortunately no moonwalk, just a flyby)! She's a Michigan Native whoop whoop!!! First time to fly by the dark side of the moon in about 50 years! ♡
NASA Artemis II Mission!!!! 4/1/2026!
"Saturn V F-1 engines at Rocketdyne", dry pastel
Drawing I made 2 years ago, depicting the inside of the Rocketdyne factory while the Saturn V Apollo rocket's engines were being built.
Why did i draw this picture? More about the F-1 engines below!! They're a lost craft!!
The techniques used to built them have been lost with the engineers that have passed away in the 60 years since then, with nobody to pass them on. We have documentation, but not all the expertise. The engines required incredibly skilled welders, and practically everything was done by hand
this guy in blue isn't to scale! he's supposed to be the smallest person in the picture, with perspective (oops). The current SLS rocket powering the Artemis program uses surplus 1980s RS-25 engines meant for the Space Shuttle rockets, repurposed, modified, and stacked to give enough thrust.
The Rocketdyne F-1s made use of the labor of WW2 era engineers and welders, so absolutely no computerized manufacturing in sight
These guys are to scale. The colors used are my own artistic interpretation, and the drawing is based on a real photo from inside the factory :D I think they are still the most powerful rocket engines EVER built. They are absolutely enormous, and the Saturn V used five of them
Fran Blanche (incredible youtube channel about old technology) posted extensive videos about the Saturn V rockets and the F1 engines that allowed them to take off. Her work is amazing, her youtube channel is an absolute gold mine if you're interested in anything 1960s-1970s. Trans legend also
I can't find the original reference picture. But have this one for scale:
And here's a cool article that explains more about thz insane engineering of those engines, and why it's a marvel:
As we advance our technology ever forward, you would think that remaking a 50-year old design should be easy; however, things are not quite…
Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald, Daisy, and Pluto are soon boarding the Space Shuttle for an important journey into space. Everyone is eagerly awaiting the moment they will soon be going into space. However, there are some problems.
Mickey: Houston, we're having some issues connecting the wires to the computers to prevent them from malfunctioning.
Missile Mission Control: Problem receiving. We are sending people immediately to resolve the situation.
Minnie: Oh Mickey, will we be able to solve it all the way?
Mickey: Don't worry, Minnie, we'll do it as soon as possible. Just don't panic. It's not good to be nervous before the trip, it will have a bad effect on your health.
Minnie: You're right. Otherwise why is Pluto licking your shoes?
Mickey: Pluto, please don't. I really don't want us to go through that at the end please. Wait, Pluto, did you bite those wires?
Pluto shows the sad face of his guilt.
Mickey: Pluto, you shouldn't have done that, you know I have a lot of bones in this bag that you can lick.
Mickey gives Pluto a bone to lick and Pluto jumps up to Mickey and licks it.
Mickey: Okay Pluto you can stop.
Minnie: The electricians and handymen are here to fix things right away. We'll have to go outside for a while.
Mickey: Okay, my love.
After three hours, all six of them headed back to the rocket and turned on the computer that would connect them to central Houston.
Mission Control: The crew Sensational Six, can you hear us?
Mickey: This is the captain in chief, I can hear you. Houston, I can hear you.
Mission Control: Captain Mouse, you can hear us. Prepare well for takeoff. It will begin in ten minutes.
And so all six of them in the rocket get ready, fastening their seat belts, only Donald and Goofy were unprepared with their seat belts.
Daisy: Let me do it for you.
Pluto was closed because the dogs couldn't be in the seat, but in a mini cage. He was still licking his bone during that time. The five of them were wearing blue jumpsuits, not space suits. They'll wear them when they're on the moon. They took off soon. It was very tense at first, but in the end they entered space and then floated in space. Donald and Daisy kissed each other, as did Mickey and Minnie. Goofy was happily spinning around. After the space station, they go to the moon and in the end they disembark and everyone wears space suits. In the end, Mickey proudly holds up the flag and speaks of our eternal friendship and of planet Earth. However, he made a mistake when he accidentally hit Donald with his flag, so Donald let out a cry. Donald accidentally pulled Goofy towards him and they fell. However, they easily got up because the gravity was weak. Mickey apologizes and they take a picture in front of the camera. It was a truly beautiful journey. Later, it will be like that on Mars.
The end.
I wrote the story in a hurry, but I am dedicating it to Mickey and Minnie's birthday, which they celebrated on November 18, as well as a dedication to my great friend who celebrated his birthday earlier. So I wish you a happy belated birthday, dear @boingodigitalart! I hope you like this. 😁
I'm not able to draw unfortunately, but enough to pay attention to this story of mine that I like to write. So I wrote about the Sensational Six going into space. Also Happy Birthday Mickey and Minnie!🥳🎂🎈🎉
Christmas Rocket by Laura Gail Sweeney, acrylic on wood (2025).
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