Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #Future! DUST OF OSIRIS is a #watercolor of the opened #OSIRISREx sample return capsule, with the outer- and innermost sections stylized after ancient Egyptian motifs.

I chose this piece because I hope to see more sample return missions happen, and create more pieces like this in future!

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Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #AstronomicalObject! ASTRAL JELLYFISH is a pearlescent #watercolor on black of the jellyfish #galaxy JW39 as seen by the NASA/ESA #Hubble Space Telescope. @NASA

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Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #EVA/#Spacewalk! ALONE IN THE VASTNESS is a marker #illustration of astronaut Bruce McCandless II on the first untethered spacewalk as part of STS-41-B, February 1984. I can’t think of a more iconic image of spaceflight than this one (now 40 years old!)

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For today’s #Spacetober prompt EVA, or extra-vehicular activity I made a tiny astronaut on a spacewalk linocut. It’s printed on shiny paper with a pearlescent sheen.

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Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #Liftoff! FIREFLY RISING is a #watercolor of the #Firefly Alpha rocket on its fourth test flight on 12/22/23. It launched from Vandenberg SFB, a launch spot I’ve always wanted to see.

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Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #Aeronautics! WICKED BLACKBIRD is an #illustration of the #SR71 Blackbird stealth plane. As a child, I heard sonic booms often, as SR-71s flew over my backyard north of Mt. Shasta, on a flight path out of Beale AFB. I finally saw one in person last December at Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum!

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Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #CrewCapsule! SILENT SEAS is a #watercolor of the #Apollo command module orbiting the #Moon, a solitary astronaut awaiting the return of his crewmates from the surface.

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Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #Aurora! BOREAS DANCES ON TABLE ROCKS is an #watercolor of our special aurora show on May 10, captured with the Table Rocks in the Rogue Valley, Oregon.

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Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #RoboticExplorer! HOLIDAY SNAPS is an #illustration of rover Curiosity against the peaks and slopes of #Mars. (I adore the rover selfies, I do.)

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Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #SpaceStation! FIRST FLIGHT is a #watercolor of the CFT-1 test of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, heading towards the International Space Station in June 2024.

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