posted 11-25-2014 03:43 PM               

By the letters EFT: Sesame Street muppets count down to NASA Orion launch

Can you tell me how to get, how to get to... Mars?

Elmo, Cookie Monster and the other popular muppets from "Sesame Street" have joined forces with NASA to count down to the launch of the first Orion spacecraft, scheduled for Dec. 4.

Beginning Tuesday (Nov. 25) and over the next ten days, NASA and "Sesame Street" will share online comic strips, videos and graphics of the Muppet characters interacting with the Orion space capsule in an effort to educate a new generation of space explorers about the Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) and NASA's future journey to Mars.

posted 11-25-2014 05:12 PM               

Scandal or not, Clash could think fast as the voice of the puppet and was downright hilarious in interviews. Seriously, look up Elmo interviews on mainstream shows on YouTube, they can be downright side-splitting funny.

The new person, Ryan Dillon per wikipedia, just doesn't do as good a job as Clash did.

posted 11-26-2014 09:53 AM               

9 days to go before NASA's Orion launch! Did you know that there are 970 tiles to protect its shell from high temps?

8 more days! Today we learned that NASA Orion's launch abort system has 3 special motors. Do you know their names?

posted 11-28-2014 12:45 PM               

Today's video is brought to you by the letter "O" as in Orion!

Today's (Nov. 28) countdown:

Super Grover is so excited! Only 6 more days until NASA's Orion #JourneytoMars! #UpUpandAway

posted 11-29-2014 01:22 PM               

In 5 days Orion's first flight is first step in #JourneyToMars, home of the Sesame Street Yip Yips

Nov. 30 countdown:

Four days until NASA's Orion test flight! Check out Elmo, Abby and Cookie signing Sesame Street's #ImOnBoard banner!

posted 12-02-2014 10:57 AM               

We'd suggest hiding NASA Orion's heat shield from Cookie Monster on Thursday...

Dec. 2 countdown:

We're 2 days away from NASA Orion's first flight and we have a Sesame Street exclusive: Slimey will be on board!

posted 07-09-2015 01:42 PM               

Why is @Astro_Ricky in #NewYorkCity? We can't wait to find out.

Slimey flew on @NASA_Orion. Eartha, Dusty, and Sloppy welcome him home!

@MeCookieMonster likes cookies straight from the oven! They look like @NASA_Orion's heat shield, but not as hot.

Rubber Duckie also flew in space on @NASA_Orion! Ernie always picks Rubber Duckie up after a bath.

posted 07-09-2015 01:43 PM               

Grover's cape protects him and gives him super powers. More so now that it has been to space on @NASA_Orion!