I Friggen Love Space...

In recognition and appreciation of my mother's upcoming launch, I'd like to make a small post.

So throughout the past couple of years, I've had the pleasure of watching the small progressions of a certain spacecraft. My mom has been the vehicle manager for a couple of projects, working for OrbitalATK as a 'systems engineer'. I have no idea what that means. But she always brings me in and beams when she explains satellite specifics and cargo tests. I nod respectfully, yet oblivious to anything she tries to tell me.

She's proud of her work, her management, and her profession. As I type this, she lies passed out on a bed here in Cocoa Beach, Florida, after a terribly long day at work. Her latest vehicle, Cygnus 6, is set to launch within weeks of today. Stories are cool and all, but lets get to the good stuff.

She's had two failed missions, both at fault of the rocket, and thankfully, not her or her team's. Here's one of failed Cygnus 4, a simple resupply launch that clicked off course before they had to self destruct.

Like that?
Here's Nasa's version of an 'inside look'


Enough of that though.
She's had many more successful missions, one of the most interesting in my opinion is the Dawn mission, a spacecraft launched to investigate the small celestial bodies Ceres and Vesta. Check em out if you want!

Her last, Cygnus 5, again a resupply mission launched almost a year ago, was a success!


Who doesn't love slowmo...

Anyways, that made it to the space station, I included a couple gifts for mah bro Scott Kelly, and it was shot off a couple weeks ago!


Full glory shot of Cygnus 5!

Anyways, I'm awfully proud of my mom, and if anyone is interested, check out NASA news for updates on the launch, message me, I can skype you links.

More info!
(I know these gifs are terribly large but they're so so cool)

 

I want to go to space. Good luck to your mom!

 

So much space... Need to see it all..

 

+1 for space.

 

Look behind you
there's space

 

There is a wall

 

This was posted on my Birthday but I never saw it, and I love space.

 

But, what is behind that wall :O

 

another wall

 

A friggin room :,(

 

I love you all. Thank you.

 

"very minor case"

 

In case anyone's curious, her launch is set to go in a couple of days now c:
heheeh

 

I watched the movie "gravity" and it made me want to go to space.
And GL to your mom!

 

What's in that room
SPACE?

Are you in a jail or something

 

are all New Zealand houses just 1 big room or something

 

There is friggin more walls

 

No lol. What I was trying to say was that there is SPACE IN THE ROOM. We have lots of rooms, depending on the house anyways.