Launch party

As many of you know, last week we held a virtual launch party. SpaceX and NASA were launching American astronauts from US soil on an American rocket for the first time in 9 years and it was the first public-private partnership in the Americas. Seb & his Gramps had hoped to be in Florida to see it but ah, Corona.

So instead, we organised an on-line event for family and friends on Zoom - complete with snacks and party décor from Auntie Sarah. Seb presented info on the rocket and astronauts capsule. He explained what we would be seeing - and we did a fun quiz (yay Dug for his space knowledge!! who knew?) and watched the trailer for the new tv series Space Force. But then - with about 15 minutes to go - they scrubbed it. Weather wasn't right. :-( Sebastian took it well.

Best bit was Seb peeling off his dozen space t-shirts one by one. He was hot!!!

A few days later, a smaller group gathered to watch Crew Dragon lift off and then the next morning, Seb & I watched the astronauts dock at the ISS and cross into the vessel to meet their peers. So exciting!