(Almost) All My Characters From This One Thing

On This Day in 1957

Happy Sputnik Day. On October 4th, 1957 the USSR launched the very first satellite into Earth orbit disjointing countless noses here in the US.

Pictured above is the backup Sputnik that was to be launched should the first attempt have failed. It can be found at the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson Kansas along with many more air and space wonders.

The Big Bang Gang!

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Daylight's Yanaba Jahre space probe

Full animation will be released on launch day

Pioneer Venus Multiprobe.

I'd like to see Explorer in his army uniform, even though he's supposed to be a 'civilian' satellite. I mean, they didn't almost name him 'Top Kick' for nothing! On an unrelated note, I do not support the War in Viet Nam!

Hey presto! Launch provider cosplay!

The Explorer program was a pitch from the US Army, it competed directly with the Navy's Vanguard for the title of America's first satellite, and amongst its plethora of banging potential names also included "Highball", "Deal" and "Missile 29" (which I love). But having been mainly built by JPL citizens, I didn't give my personification of their first satellite much military flair—nor much of a closet for that matter—so this was a fun prompt to shake things up!

At first, the sheer amount of uniforms tore me on what would be best fit and that's JUST counting the 50s iterations, but then I thought it'd be a great moment to introduce his near-identical siblings who could just model in his place. Two birds, one stone! Meet 3 and 4. :-)

Aha

Forbes

Temporary ‘Mini-Moon’ Will Begin To Orbit Earth Next Week: What To Know

The mini-moon is a tiny asteroid that was discovered in August by a team of NASA-funded scientists.

i haven't seen any posts about this yet so i hope everyone knows we will be getting a mini moon in just 5 days :)

Roll out the red carpet fellas! 

I think now’s a good time to mention that I really, really like ChipSpeech. It’s a funky little piece of software but boy is it awesome!