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[[Image:Space_center.jpeg|thumb|300px|Kermit at the Johnson Space Center in 2005.]]
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[[File:Space_center.jpeg|thumb|300px|Kermit celebrating his 50th Anniversary at the Johnson Space Center, and {{medialink|filename=Moon.kermit.jpg|text=on the moon}}.]]
[[File:Moon.kermit.jpg|thumb|300px|Promotional photo from Kermit's visit to Johnson Space Center.]]
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[[File:MuppMagSummer83-NASA.jpg|thumb|300px|Strangepork's letter from Johnson Space Center.]]
 
[[File:Space Shuttle Launch Remote Control Cornballs|thumb|right|300px|Skeeter watches footage of a Space Shuttle launch and Baby Piggy views the Shuttle from space in "[[Episode 804: Remote Control Cornballs|Remote Control Cornballs]]."]]
[[Image:Skeeter_Spaceshuttle.JPG|thumb|300px|Skeeter and Fozzie watch a shuttle launch.]]
 
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[[File:AM rocket cheer|thumb|right|300px|Anything Muppets [[Cheers|cheer]] for the launch of a Saturn V rocket taking men to the moon. {{eka|1092}}]]
 
[[File:3697i.jpg|thumb|300px|''Sesame Street'' credits NASA for their "[[Slimey to the Moon]]" arc in 1998.]]
 
[[File:3697i.jpg|thumb|300px|''Sesame Street'' credits NASA for their "[[Slimey to the Moon]]" arc in 1998.]]
[[Image:SoichiNoguchi.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Soichi Noguchi]] films a ''Sesame Street'' segment in space.]]
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[[File:Saturn_V_dictionary.png|thumb|300px|A Saturn V in ''The Sesame Street Dictionary''.]]
 
[[File:M11_Saturn_V_model.jpg|thumb|300px|Walter and Gary's Saturn V model.]]
 
[[File:1976_Kennedy_Space_Center.jpg|thumb|300px]]
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[[File:Elmo NASA Global Selfie April 22, 2014.jpg|thumb|300px|Elmo's Global Selfie [http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/2014-globalselfie-wrap-up]]]
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The '''National Aeronautics and Space Administration''' ('''NASA''') is an agency of the [[United States]] government, responsible for the nation's public space program. Established on July 29, 1958, by the National Aeronautics and Space Act. NASA often works with space agencies from foreign countries such as Japan and Russia for a number of missions.
 
The '''National Aeronautics and Space Administration''' ('''NASA''') is an agency of the [[United States]] government, responsible for the nation's public space program. Established on July 29, 1958, by the National Aeronautics and Space Act. NASA often works with space agencies from foreign countries such as Japan and Russia for a number of missions.
   
 
In addition to the space program, it is also responsible for long-term civilian and [[:Category:Military|military]] aerospace research. Since February 2006 NASA's self-described mission statement is to "pioneer the future in space exploration, [[Scientists|scientific]] discovery, and aeronautics research."
 
In addition to the space program, it is also responsible for long-term civilian and [[:Category:Military|military]] aerospace research. Since February 2006 NASA's self-described mission statement is to "pioneer the future in space exploration, [[Scientists|scientific]] discovery, and aeronautics research."
   
==Appearances==
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==Events==
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* [[Pigs in Space: Space Shuttle Columbia]] — sketches written and performed in 1981 exclusively for astronauts in space
* Several [[astronauts]] or NASA employees have appeared in Muppet/Sesame productions:
 
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* [[Big Bird on Space Shuttle Challenger]] — [[Caroll Spinney]] considered for space mission in mid-1980s
:*[[Buzz Aldrin]]
 
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* [[Mars|Mars rovers success]] — the Henson Company sends a letter of congratulations to NASA's JPL in 2004
:*[[Frank Caldeiro]]
 
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* [[NASA Tweetup]] — [[Elmo]] attends the final launch of Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' in 2011
:*[[Soichi Noguchi]] (for JAXA)
 
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* [[Orion Flight Test]] — NASA sends mementos from Sesame Street into space in 2014
:*[[Sally Ride]]
 
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* [[Inter-American Development Bank]] — [[Lola]] attends an educational event with NASA engineers
:*[[Mario Runco]]
 
   
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==Appearances==
* In 1981, as part of NASA's morning wake-up call tradition, the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia, part of the [[wikipedia:STS-2|STS-2 mission]], were greeted by [[Pigs in Space]] on two consecutive mornings. Specially recorded by the Muppet performers for this occasion, two separate comedy routines were heard, one on the morning of November 13, and another on November 14.<ref>Fries, Colin. [http://history.nasa.gov/wakeup%20calls.pdf Chronology of Wake-up Calls], NASA History Office PDF document</ref>
 
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* Several NASA [[astronauts]] have appeared in Muppet/Sesame productions including [[Buzz Aldrin]], [[Ricky Arnold]], [[Frank Caldeiro]], [[Soichi Noguchi]] (on a joint NASA/JAXA mission), [[Sally Ride]], and [[Mario Runco]].
   
 
* In a 1992 "[[Wish You Were Here]]" segment on ''Sesame Street'', [[Gabi]] and [[Miles]] take a tour of the Kennedy Space Center. They learn about how rockets are launched into space, along with a group of other kids. Miles works at Mission Control, while Gabi pretends to be an astronaut.
 
* In a 1992 "[[Wish You Were Here]]" segment on ''Sesame Street'', [[Gabi]] and [[Miles]] take a tour of the Kennedy Space Center. They learn about how rockets are launched into space, along with a group of other kids. Miles works at Mission Control, while Gabi pretends to be an astronaut.
   
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* ''[[Sesame Street]]'' used stock footage from NASA:
* When [[Slimey]] travelled to [[the Moon]] in ''[[Sesame Street]]'' [[Season 29 (1997-1998)|Season 29]], NASA provided footage of past space missions for [[Slimey to the Moon|several episodes]].
 
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** [[Episode 1755]] uses a mix of footage for [[Oscar]] and [[Othmar]]'s launch into space, orbit of the Earth, approach to the moon, and descent to the moon's surface.
 
** When [[Slimey]] traveled to [[the Moon]] in ''[[Sesame Street]]'' [[Season 29 (1997-1998)|Season 29]], NASA provided footage of past space missions for [[Slimey to the Moon|several episodes]].
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** [[Gordon]] describes the first moon mission with footage from NASA in ''Sesame Street'' [[Episode 3697]].
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* ''[[Muppet Babies]]'' used stock footage from NASA:
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** "[[Episode 108: What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?|What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?]]" uses footage of a Saturn V launch for [[Baby Kermit]] transporting an astronaut to the moon.
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** [[Baby Skeeter]] watches a Space Shuttle launch in "[[Episode 804: Remote Control Cornballs|Remote Control Cornballs]]."
   
 
* [[Kermit the Frog]] visited NASA's Johnson Space Center in [[Texas]] as part of his [[Kermit's World Tour|50th anniversary world tour]] in 2005. Kermit also appeared in NASA promotional material on [[the moon]].
 
* [[Kermit the Frog]] visited NASA's Johnson Space Center in [[Texas]] as part of his [[Kermit's World Tour|50th anniversary world tour]] in 2005. Kermit also appeared in NASA promotional material on [[the moon]].
   
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* On [[Earth Day]] in 2014, NASA asked everyone on the planet to participate in a Global Selfie.[http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/globalselfie] Sesame Workshop submitted a photo of Elmo taken on the stoop of [[123 Sesame Street]]. NASA composited all the #GlobalSelfie images posted to social media and used Elmo in the final product. Of the two images created, Elmo can be seen in the Earth on the right, on the upper-left hand side, just Northeast of the Mediterranean Sea.[http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/2014-globalselfie-wrap-up]
==Big Bird scheduled on ''Challenger''==
 
In the mid-1980s, NASA approached [[Children's Television Workshop]] in the interest of getting "the children of America to be more interested in [the space program]".<ref>[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117939890 "Spinney cycle"] by Jerry Rice. Mar. 16, 2006. ''[[Variety]]''</ref> [[Caroll Spinney]] was meant to go into space on board the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' scheduled for launch in 1986. Sequences were to be filmed with [[Big Bird]], but the task of sending the puppet suit proved too complicated, and the educator slot was filled by Christa McAuliffe.
 
   
 
==References==
Spinney wrote about the events in his 2003 memoir, ''[[The Wisdom of Big Bird]]'', but the material was cut by the publishers on the grounds that the story was too depressing<ref>[http://www.toughpigs.com/forumbam01.htm BAM! Event Report] by [[User:Toughpigs|Danny Horn]]. November 2004. ''[[Tough Pigs]]''</ref> (''Challenger'' exploded just moments after lift-off). Press materials for ''[[I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story]]'' hint at the possibility of the inclusion of material from Spinney's experience with NASA in the in-development documentary.<ref>[http://www.iambigbird.com/about-the-film/ iambigbird.com] Official Website. Copper Pot Pictures</ref>
 
 
* [[Bert]] watches a shuttle launch at the Kennedy Space Center in [[The Sesame Street 1976 Calendar]].
   
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* [[Joe Mathieu]] depicts NASA's Saturn V rocket in ''[[The Sesame Street Dictionary]]'' to illustrate the definition of the word "rocket".
==Atlantis Launch==
 
[[File:Elmo_NASA_People.jpg|thumb|300px|Elmo with the crew of STS-135: Chris Ferguson (commander), Rex Walheim (mission specialist 2), Doug Hurley (pilot), and Sandra Magnus (mission specialist 1).]]
 
Elmo appeared at Cape Canaveral, Florida during the week leading up to the final launch of NASA's shuttle program on July 8, 2011. He spoke with astronaut Leland Melvin, interviewed Mike Massimino and Douglas H. Wheelock for a press event, and tweeted updates on the Sesame Street [[Twitter]] account.
 
;Videos
 
* [http://sesamestreet.tumblr.com/post/7542613154/a-few-hours-ago-we-shared-elmos-picture-outside Elmo in the VAB]
 
* [http://sesamestreet.tumblr.com/post/7577079954/elmo-tried-to-get-aboard-the-space-shuttle Elmo in the Shuttle]
 
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=n7DM37YT350 Press conference with Elmo]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVObUdv0_cQ Kennedy Space Center Q&A with Elmo]
 
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/3688847#43688847 Elmo interviewed on NBC News]
 
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=IyHgvUQJdNE Elmo interviewed by ‪CTTechJunkie]
 
   
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* [[Dr. Julius Strangepork]] writes Kermit a letter in the [[Muppet Magazine issue 3|Summer 1983 issue]] of ''[[Muppet Magazine]]'' from the Johnson Space Center. He and Captain [[Link Hogthrob]] had intended to go to the island of Nassau for "de girls in de bikinis", but Link set a course instead for NASA. While they wait for [[The Swinetrek]] to be repaired, they take a tour and learn that [[Sally Ride]] will soon embark on her first mission to space. The letter arrives with bits of memorabilia including photos of the Space Shuttle, a NASA "meatball" patch, an Apollo Service Module toy, a Saturn V toy, pictures of astronauts Joseph Kerwin, Paul Weitz, and Jerry Carr (with an illustration of Link torn and pasted in), and a bill for $748,386,385.98 to repair the Swinetrek's coffee machine and water cooler.
{|
 
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|<gallery widths=315 type="slideshow" crop="true" position="center">
 
ElmoOutsidetheNASABuilding.jpg|Elmo outside the shuttle hangar
 
Elmo NASA flight suit.jpg|Elmo in his flight suit
 
ElmoInsideaNASASpaceship.jpg|Elmo in the shuttle cockpit
 
ElmoFalling.jpg|Elmo in "Zero-G"
 
ElmoControlRoom.jpg|Elmo at Mission Control
 
Camilla_the_NASA_Chicken.jpg|Camilla Corona, the mission mascot for the Solar Dynamics Observatory
 
ElmoNASAPortrait.jpg|
 
</gallery>
 
|<gallery widths=315 type="slideshow" crop="true" position="center">
 
Elmo-NASA.jpg|Elmo and Leland Melvin
 
ElmoLelandMelvinNASA.jpg|Elmo and Leland Melvin
 
ElmoLelandMelvinNASAConversation.jpg|Elmo and Leland Melvin
 
LelandMelvinandElmoNASAFutureHoping.jpg|Elmo and Leland Melvin
 
</gallery>
 
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|<gallery widths=315 type="slideshow" crop="true" position="center">
 
MikeMassiminoandElmo.jpg|Elmo and Mike Massimino
 
MikeMassiminoandElmo02.jpg|Elmo and Mike Massimino
 
Massimino-Wheelock.jpg|Elmo, Mike Massimino and Douglas H. Wheelock
 
ElmoMike MassiminoandDouglas H. Wheelock.jpg|Elmo, Mike Massimino and Douglas H. Wheelock
 
ElmoCountdown.jpg|Elmo, Mike Massimino and Douglas H. Wheelock
 
</gallery>
 
|<gallery widths=315 type="slideshow" crop="true" position="center">
 
Elmo-tweet-NASA.png|Elmo's tweets and re-tweets by @SesameStreet ([[:File:Elmo-tweet-NASA.png|full size]])
 
Elmo_Nasa_press.jpg|NASA tweetup press event
 
</gallery>
 
|}
 
   
==References==
 
[[Image:Cameo.rudman02.jpg|thumb|300px|''[[Telling the Truth]]'']]
 
[[File:M11_Saturn_V_model.jpg|thumb|300px|Walter and Gary's model.]]
 
[[File:1976_Kennedy_Space_Center.jpg|thumb|300px]]
 
* [[Bert]] watches a shuttle launch at the Kennedy Space Center in [[The Sesame Street 1976 Calendar]].
 
 
* ''Sesame Street's'' [[WASA]], the Worm Air and Space Agency, is a version of NASA staffed entirely by [[worms]].
 
* ''Sesame Street's'' [[WASA]], the Worm Air and Space Agency, is a version of NASA staffed entirely by [[worms]].
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* [[Telly Monster|Telly's]] uncle and others appear as NASA employees in the ''Sesame Street'' video ''[[Telling the Truth]]''.
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* [[Telly Monster]]'s [[Dennis Quaid|Uncle Tommy]] and others (including a cameo by [[David Rudman]]) appear as NASA employees in the ''Sesame Street'' video ''[[Telling the Truth]]''.
* [[Heel Arfstrong]] from ''[[Dog City]]'' is a parody of NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong.
 
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* In ''[[Farscape]]'', [[John Crichton]] is a an astronaut for IASA, a fictional organization modeled after NASA. Crichton's father [[Jack Crichton|Jack]] is a retired NASA astronaut.
 
* In ''[[Farscape]]'', [[John Crichton]] is a an astronaut for IASA, a fictional organization modeled after NASA. Crichton's father [[Jack Crichton|Jack]] is a retired NASA astronaut.
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* In [[episode 3697|a 1998 episode]] of ''Sesame Street'', [[Gordon]] described the first moon mission, with footage from NASA.
 
* [[Baby Skeeter]] watches the launch of a space shuttle in the ''[[Muppet Babies]]'' episode "[[Episode 804: Remote Control Cornballs|Remote Control Cornballs]]."
 
 
* During a September 20, 2011 appearance on ''[[Good Morning America]]'', Cookie Monster was watching the skies, looking out for satellites. This was a reference to the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite expected to crash around September 23 of that year.
 
* During a September 20, 2011 appearance on ''[[Good Morning America]]'', Cookie Monster was watching the skies, looking out for satellites. This was a reference to the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite expected to crash around September 23 of that year.
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* In ''[[The Muppets (2011)|The Muppets]]'', [[Walter]] and [[Gary]] have a model of the Saturn V rocket, the only vehicle that has ever carried humans beyond low Earth orbit.
 
* In ''[[The Muppets (2011)|The Muppets]]'', [[Walter]] and [[Gary]] have a model of the Saturn V rocket, the only vehicle that has ever carried humans beyond low Earth orbit.
   
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* Bunsen and Beaker were asked on Twitter in January 2016 if they'd ever wanted to work for NASA. Bunsen replied, "Yes, but unfortunately NASA doesn't feel the same way about us." [https://twitter.com/TheMuppets/status/690330141226962944]
==Trivia==
 
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* In January 2010, [[Cookie Monster]] wrote on ''Sesame Street's'' offical [[Twitter]] account, "Sometimes Moon look like giant cookie. Must look into joining space program." NASA responded a short time later from their official Twitter feed with information on how to join the space program.<ref>"[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/04/cookie-monster-storms-twitter-as-sesamestreet-gains-a-following.html Cookie Monster storms Twitter as @sesamestreet gains a following]", ''Los Angeles Times'' blogs, April 9, 2010.</ref>
 
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==Mentions==
* The Solar Dynamics Observatory mission at NASA has a "mascot", a chicken named [[Camilla the Chicken|Camilla]].
 
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* A rubber chicken named Camilla Corona is the mascot of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. "Camilla", named after [[Camilla the Chicken]] from ''The Muppet Show'', and "Corona" for the sun's plasma atmosphere.<ref>personal communication via [[User:Scarecroe|Scott Hanson]]</ref> Elmo had his picture taken with Camilla during [[NASA Tweetup|his visit to NASA]] in July 2011.
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==Social media==
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Sesame Workshop and NASA have partnered in a number of social media campaigns by way of sharing content on their various social media outlets in the interest of educational exposure.
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In January 2010, [[Cookie Monster]] wrote on ''Sesame Street's'' official [[Twitter]] account, "Sometimes Moon look like giant cookie. Must look into joining space program." NASA responded a short time later from their official Twitter feed with information on how to join the space program.<ref>"[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/04/cookie-monster-storms-twitter-as-sesamestreet-gains-a-following.html Cookie Monster storms Twitter as @sesamestreet gains a following]", ''LA Times'' blogs, April 9, 2010.</ref>
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<gallery orientation=square>
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Cookie Monster NASA Twitter Jan 21 2010.png|@sesamestreet [https://twitter.com/sesamestreet/status/8029089143]<br>and @NASA [https://twitter.com/NASA/status/8034290911]
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MarsCuriosity.facebook July 8 2015 yipyip.png|MarsCuriosity on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/MarsCuriosity/photos/a.133197436730240.23875.110938085622842/839059092810734]
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Explorenasa.instagram July 7 2015 snuffy.png|Several images and videos for [[Orion Flight Test]]
 
</gallery>
   
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==

Revision as of 16:33, 9 February 2016

Space center

Kermit celebrating his 50th Anniversary at the Johnson Space Center, and Template:Medialink.

MuppMagSummer83-NASA

Strangepork's letter from Johnson Space Center.

Space_Shuttle_Launch_Remote_Control_Cornballs

Space Shuttle Launch Remote Control Cornballs

Skeeter watches footage of a Space Shuttle launch and Baby Piggy views the Shuttle from space in "Remote Control Cornballs."

AM_rocket_cheer

AM rocket cheer

Anything Muppets cheer for the launch of a Saturn V rocket taking men to the moon. (EKA: Episode 1092)

3697i

Sesame Street credits NASA for their "Slimey to the Moon" arc in 1998.

Saturn V dictionary

A Saturn V in The Sesame Street Dictionary.

M11 Saturn V model

Walter and Gary's Saturn V model.

1976 Kennedy Space Center
Elmo NASA Global Selfie April 22, 2014

Elmo's Global Selfie [4]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program. Established on July 29, 1958, by the National Aeronautics and Space Act. NASA often works with space agencies from foreign countries such as Japan and Russia for a number of missions.

In addition to the space program, it is also responsible for long-term civilian and military aerospace research. Since February 2006 NASA's self-described mission statement is to "pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research."

Events

Appearances

  • In a 1992 "Wish You Were Here" segment on Sesame Street, Gabi and Miles take a tour of the Kennedy Space Center. They learn about how rockets are launched into space, along with a group of other kids. Miles works at Mission Control, while Gabi pretends to be an astronaut.
  • On Earth Day in 2014, NASA asked everyone on the planet to participate in a Global Selfie.[5] Sesame Workshop submitted a photo of Elmo taken on the stoop of 123 Sesame Street. NASA composited all the #GlobalSelfie images posted to social media and used Elmo in the final product. Of the two images created, Elmo can be seen in the Earth on the right, on the upper-left hand side, just Northeast of the Mediterranean Sea.[6]

References

  • Dr. Julius Strangepork writes Kermit a letter in the Summer 1983 issue of Muppet Magazine from the Johnson Space Center. He and Captain Link Hogthrob had intended to go to the island of Nassau for "de girls in de bikinis", but Link set a course instead for NASA. While they wait for The Swinetrek to be repaired, they take a tour and learn that Sally Ride will soon embark on her first mission to space. The letter arrives with bits of memorabilia including photos of the Space Shuttle, a NASA "meatball" patch, an Apollo Service Module toy, a Saturn V toy, pictures of astronauts Joseph Kerwin, Paul Weitz, and Jerry Carr (with an illustration of Link torn and pasted in), and a bill for $748,386,385.98 to repair the Swinetrek's coffee machine and water cooler.
  • Sesame Street's WASA, the Worm Air and Space Agency, is a version of NASA staffed entirely by worms.
  • In Farscape, John Crichton is a an astronaut for IASA, a fictional organization modeled after NASA. Crichton's father Jack is a retired NASA astronaut.
  • During a September 20, 2011 appearance on Good Morning America, Cookie Monster was watching the skies, looking out for satellites. This was a reference to the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite expected to crash around September 23 of that year.
  • In The Muppets, Walter and Gary have a model of the Saturn V rocket, the only vehicle that has ever carried humans beyond low Earth orbit.
  • Bunsen and Beaker were asked on Twitter in January 2016 if they'd ever wanted to work for NASA. Bunsen replied, "Yes, but unfortunately NASA doesn't feel the same way about us." [7]

Mentions

  • A rubber chicken named Camilla Corona is the mascot of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. "Camilla", named after Camilla the Chicken from The Muppet Show, and "Corona" for the sun's plasma atmosphere.[1] Elmo had his picture taken with Camilla during his visit to NASA in July 2011.

Social media

Sesame Workshop and NASA have partnered in a number of social media campaigns by way of sharing content on their various social media outlets in the interest of educational exposure.

In January 2010, Cookie Monster wrote on Sesame Street's official Twitter account, "Sometimes Moon look like giant cookie. Must look into joining space program." NASA responded a short time later from their official Twitter feed with information on how to join the space program.[2]

Sources

  1. personal communication via Scott Hanson
  2. "Cookie Monster storms Twitter as @sesamestreet gains a following", LA Times blogs, April 9, 2010.

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