Robert Mays

#SpacetoberChallenge_05 #SpacetoberChallenge Day 25- #HistoricMission  @NASA #astronaut #JohnGlenn became the first American to orbit the #Earth aboard #Friendship7, February 20, 1962. #ProjectMercury #Atlas6

#SpacetoberChallenge_05 #SpacetoberChallenge Day 31- #Future An #OneillCylinder colony concept, inspired by the movie #Interstellar #ColoredPencilArt

#SpacetoberChallenge_05 #SpacetoberChallenge Day 30- #Galaxy #NGC6946, a.k.a. the #FireworksGalaxy #watercolorart

#SpacetoberChallenge_05 #SpacetoberChallenge Day 28- #Astronaut "The loneliest man in the universe." @AstroMichaelCollins, #Apollo11 #Columbia command module pilot. Collins is the only human who is not captured in the lefthand image! #coloredpencilart

#SpacetoberChallenge_05 #SpacetoberChallenge Day 27- #Habitat Aboard the @ISS in the #Unity module facing aft. #Zarya module via #PMA1 is to the left, #Tranquility module is to the right. #coloredpencilart

#SpacetoberChallenge_05 #SpacetoberChallenge Day 26- #Earth Phases of the #Earth as viewed from the #Moon

#SpacetoberChallenge_05 #SpacetoberChallenge Day 24- #Jet #Plane "Final Descent" #STS135 #ShuttleAtlantis touchdown at @NASAKennedy, July 21, 2011, marking the end of the #spaceshuttle program. #watercolorart

#SpacetoberChallenge_05 #SpacetoberChallenge Day 23 - #SpaceStation The @ISS, as seen by #Crew11 upon their approach for docking to #IDA3, August 2, 2025 @NASA #ColoredPencilArt

#SpacetoberChallenge_05 #SpacetoberChallenge Day 22 - #LunarLanding "First Step" @NASA #Apollo

#SpacetoberChallenge_05 #SpacetoberChallenge Day 21 - #Star A nice capture of #ThePleiades, a.k.a., #TheSevenSisters #M45 #astrophotography

#SpacetoberChallenge_05 #SpacetoberChallenge Day 20 - #Telescope A portrait of my gear

#SpacetoberChallenge_05 #SpacetoberChallenge Day 18 - #Mars / #MarsMission @NASAJPL @Perseverance.Mars

#SpacetoberChallenge_05 #SpacetoberChallenge Day 17 - #HistoricPerson I encountered this homage to the great #CarlSagan during my visit to the @GreenbankObservatory 40 ft radio telescope control room in 2023. #questioneverything #starstuff #palebluedot #cosmos #astrophysics

#SpacetoberChallenge_05 #SpacetoberChallenge Day 16 - #Parachute #Perserverance descent to the #Martian surface - February 18, 2021 #DareMightyThings 34°11'58" N 118°10'31" W @NASAJPL @NASAMars

#SpacetoberChallenge_05 #SpacetoberChallenge Day 15 - #BlackHole Nearing the edge of the #EventHorizon

#SpacetoberChallenge_05 #SpacetoberChallenge Day 14- #Spacecraft @IntuitiveMachines #IM2 mission #NovaC lunar lander, #Athena, on its way to the #Moon

#SpacetoberChallenge_05 #SpacetoberChallenge Day 13- #DeepSpaceNetwork #DSS43 - located in Canberra, AU, is the largest steerable parabolic antenna in the Southern Hemisphere (70m). It's the only antenna on #Earth that can send commands to #Voyager1 and #Voyager2.

#SpacetoberChallenge_05 #SpacetoberChallenge Day 12- #Eclipse #Apollo12 crew view of a #SolarEclipse by the #Earth as they returned home, November 21, 1969. #acrylicart #markerart #chalkart

#SpacetoberChallenge_05 #SpacetoberChallenge Day 11- #Asteroid "Never tell me the odds!" ~ Han Solo

#SpacetoberChallenge_05 #SpacetoberChallenge Day 10- #ArtemisII