The Ryan's Belt

Well, maybe not The Ryan's Belt...but we did see the Orion Spacecraft today!   It's on its way from White Sands Missile Range to Cape Kennedy.   Here are some photos of the test performed at White Sands--a launch abort test.  Orion will eventually be used in NASA's human spaceflight program. 

Visitors got to sign the Orion!  That was cool.  This man, who works for Marshall Space Flight Center, wanted to take Luci's photo signing the spacecraft.  She was up on JT's shoulders so she could find an empty space.  He's going to send me the photo in a few days and it might make MSFC's newspaper.   I love that Luci dotted her "i" with a heart.

JT getting in on it!  I signed it, too.

The kids got an Orion badge!  We've bought several badges at the US Space and Rocket Center, so getting one for free was nice.  :)

The entire assembly.

Of course, we found some good "toys" at the gift shop. 

John helping Luci--I think John will have more fun with this than the kids!  As a matter of fact, he's in the dining room now, putting together a 3-way switch.

 Luci found an Astronaut Barbie.  Of course we got it.  We got a second one for a birthday present for a party tomorrow night. She's cute and wearing a blue space shuttle outfit.  But--this Barbie has a rolling suitcase!  Why?!  Why on earth couldn't they put in a little space shuttle or something?