December 2, 2020 - When I was a young illustrator, I thought it would be cool to be the first artist in space, or on the moon. Recently the Dragon Crew One lifted off at 7:27pm EST from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in a spectacularly smooth and dreamy night launch. (39A is the historic pad that the Apollo 11 crew lifted off for the moon landing.) The next day, some twenty-seven hours later, they successfully docked at the International Space Station, thereby setting in place the first SpaceX/NASA collaboration of America’s return to space. And right along with them, stitched to their suits, was their mission patch, designed by me. Pilot Victor Glover, spacecraft commander Michael Hopkins, mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, and mission specialist Shannon Walker participate in a SpaceX training exercise…