Uh-huh! NASA's Orion spacecraft hopes to one day reach planet of the Yip Yips

NASA has teamed up with the folks from Sesame Street to help interest the younger set in its latest mission, which will see the Orion deep space human exploration spacecraft depart for Mars. With or without children, you might have fun with NASA’s latest series of tweets, which depict the ship and its mission from A to Z. Some examples:

#Orion from A to Z:

C is for Crew Module: a home for our astronauts on board with living space & supply storage pic.twitter.com/0hA06u7BHp

— NASA (@NASA) November 29, 2014

#Orion from A to Z:

D is for Delta IV Heavy: the rocket that will take Orion on its first test ride! pic.twitter.com/XxBFxNLZSu

— NASA (@NASA) November 29, 2014

#Orion from A to Z:

F is for Frangible & Fairings:
Frangible joints connect spacecraft’s fairings to the rocket pic.twitter.com/Iryr1cWIg3

— NASA (@NASA) November 29, 2014

#Orion from A to Z:

M is for Mars: Orion will complete missions near Earth & Moon as stepping stones towards Mars pic.twitter.com/XEzF3pVEBj

— NASA (@NASA) November 29, 2014

Mars? Isn’t that where the Sesame Street Yip Yips live?

In 5 days #Orion’s first flight is first step in #JourneyToMars, home of the @SesameStreet Yip Yips pic.twitter.com/RZk5QITKqr

— Orion Spacecraft (@NASA_Orion) November 29, 2014

Through study since childhood, the team at the International Space Station Program Science Office is well aware of the language of the Yip Yips.

Uh-huh! “@NASA_Orion: #Orion’s first flight is a first step in #JourneyToMars, home of the @SesameStreet Yip Yips pic.twitter.com/2kSx1l4Nj1”

— ISS Research (@ISS_Research) November 29, 2014

@NASA_Orion @ShuttleAlmanac @sesamestreet
yup yupyupyupyupyup uh-huh uh-huh! <3

— planey mcplaneface (@JessicaKCCO) November 29, 2014

@ISS_Research @NASA_Orion @sesamestreet @SETIInstitute Would that not be so cool if these were the guys we found out there? "RAAAYDDDDIO!"

— American Guy (@FeelFreetuRT) November 29, 2014

@ISS_Research @NASA_Orion @sesamestreet How wonderful it would be to send a few on #EFT1! Uh-huh, yep yep yep. That would be great!

— Soyuz Guts (@theglitzkrieg) November 29, 2014

@ISS_Research @glovestudios @NASA_Orion @sesamestreet Oh, I hope #Orion finds the Yip Yips.

— regdog (@TierzaChels) November 29, 2014

Phone…Yip yip yip… Phone…. Yip @NASA_Orion @sesamestreet. Apologies all. It takes me back. I'd like to think it made me space-curious.

— Paul Robbins (@PaulRobbins15) November 29, 2014