NASA engineers recently competed in the annual NASA-JPL pumpkin-carving contest and their creations were out of this world.
The contest, which is held each year around Halloween, is not your typical gourd fest. Over the years, pumpkins have been turned into anything from underwater creatures to flying saucers. This year, the “Apollo Lunar Jack-o’-Lander” and “Lucy’s Chocolate Factory” teams won the competition and you can watch all their efforts below.
First prize went to the “Apollo Lunar Jack-o’-Lander,” which was a tribute to Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary. The team built the landing sequence with a pulley system, where they lowered the lunar surface-bound pumpkin onto a screen playing real Apollo audio and footage. Smoke from a fog machine came out from under the spacecraft, creating a milestone moment in the spirit of Halloween.
Scientists & engineers at @NASAJPL + #Halloween2019 = a pumpkin-carving contest where the solar system’s the limit! 🎃
Watch: https://t.co/ZV5EyMNLeV
More photos: https://t.co/ppqkWJgVkW pic.twitter.com/CpHU4wTJtG— NASA, but Sp🕸️🕸️ky (@NASA) October 31, 2019
Coming into second place was “Lucy’s Chocolate Factory,” which was a life-size re-creation of a memorable I Love Lucy episode called “Job Switching.” The team created a pumpkin-headed Lucy standing in front of a conveyor belt filled with candy.
Other cool gourd artwork included a Europa lander drilling through the moon’s ice and an adorable pumpkin transformed into Disney’s Nemo.
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