#nasa social

rachelwann:

This is fanart I made for @potsiespoons to celebrate her acceptance from NASA to attend the Orion Ascent Abort Test at Kennedy Space Center as part of #NASASocial :D

Vanessa Matelski aka @potsiespoons is a chronic illness advocate who creates humorous comics on dealing with Chronic illness and Disability, most notably Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia (POTs). Some of her endeavors including teaming up with the Dysautonomia Advocacy Foundation (DAF) to create comics focused on educating patients and public alike, as well as having her articles published on The Mighty! 

In her words;

 “Chronic illness isn’t a lot of fun–so I make comics to amuse myself, educate others, and let my fellow chronic illness peeps know they’re not alone. Laughter might not actually cure anything–but it takes a lot less energy than crying!”

Her work is jam-packed with heart and I am extremely glad it exist. So learn more and support Vanessa on the sites below!

Website/Insta / Twitter / Society6 /Etsy /Facebook /YouTube

She could also use financial aid to help with travel expenses on her trip to NASA. So if you’d like to contribute or spread the word be sure to check out her Go-Fund-Mepage!

This is the absolute sweetest and cutest thing and the first time I saw the sketches I nearly CRIED and aaaaahhhhhhhh THANK YOU SO MUCH @rachelwann I love these drawings so muuuuuuuch

Rachel reached out to me recently, thus alerting me to the existence of her own wonderful comics, and I love her art style. To be drawn in it fills my heart up with so much happiness.

Also: it occurs to me that I forgot to tell you all about my upcoming trip to Kennedy Space Center…whoops…somebody remind me to post that comic tomorrow.

Thank you again, Rachel, for this absolutely marvelous gift.