I Guess Dragon Eggs Aren’t Only Found In Alagaësia.

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NASA SPHEREx pictures as an eyeshadow palette

The original picture from the NASA website for reference.

Artemis Astronauts Have Drills, Too!

Chances are, if you have ever spent time in a school or office building, you have experienced a fire drill. Well, astronauts practice emergency drills, too!

Since we began sending astronauts to space, we have used systems and drills to practice moving people safely away from the launch pad in the unlikely event of an emergency during the countdown to launch.

Early Mercury and Gemini programs in the 1960s used a launch escape system in the form of a solid rocket motor that could pull the astronauts to safety in the event of an emergency. However, this system only accounted for the astronauts, and not other personnel at the launch pad. NASA’s emergency systems have since improved substantially to include everyone.

Artemis II will be NASA’s first mission with crew aboard the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft. Artemis II will fly around the Moon and come back to Earth. Beginning with the Artemis II mission, we will use a track cable to connect the mobile launcher — the ground structure that supports the rocket before and during launch — to the perimeter of the launch pad. Picture a gondola ski lift beginning at the top of the rocket and ending all the way down to the ground. In case of an emergency, astronauts and support crews move from the capsule into the crew access arm, climb into one of four baskets waiting for them, and ride down to the ground.

There, members of the Pad Rescue team are ready to scoop the astronauts up and whisk them to safety. Think of the Pad Rescue team as spaceflight knights in shining armor. Except instead of saving crew from a fire breathing dragon, they are whisking the astronauts away from a fully loaded skyscraper-sized rocket that’s getting ready to lift off.

The Artemis II mission will also introduce several new ground systems for the first time – including the new and improved braking system similar to what roller coasters use! Though no NASA mission to date has needed to use its ground-based emergency system during launch countdown, those safety measures are still in place and maintained as a top priority.

So the next time you practice a fire drill at school or at work, remember that these emergency procedures are important for everyone to stay safe — even astronauts.

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One of my favorite panels of all time. Oh Clint, what are you doing? XD

Clint Barton & Natasha Romanoff Loki: Agent of Asgard (2014) #1

These drawings have no business being so cute!!! 😭😭😭

i hate these videos but these chibi planes are sooo cute & expressive & gauche

This kitty is totally the cat character from one of my WIPs… when he’s finally behaving.

What they don't tell you about writing is that as you write, you discover scenes and entire plots that you hadn't accounted for that need to be written. So you can spend two hours writing and editing only to realise you're further away from the finish line than you thought you were when you started

This meme is perfect because Star Wars-obsessed kid me and El Droide used to imagine that Brom looked like Obi-Wan. XD

Brom: Ah Eragon, you remind me so much of your father when he was your age.

Eragon: You know my father?

Brom internally:

Hopping on to this game! I think of my dad's music preferences when it comes to normal music, so I'll list some of his favorites.

Pipeline by The Chantays

Rubber Band Man by The Spinners

Young Blood by The Coasters

I Can't Drive 55 by Sammy Hagar

You Spin Me Round by Dead or Alive

Land of Confusion by Genesis

No-pressure tags! @galaxythreads , @eek-a-tron , and anyone else who wants to join!

If you had to, what would be some songs you’d put on a playlist titled ‘normal person playlist’?

And for fun let’s make this a tag game (no pressure!)

@5nakeb4it @everythingloveandanimated

@the-lavender-clown @thearunadragon @t-the-ring-master and anyone else who wants to join!