After reviewing the Midnight I, i got this neurotic itch to change and redesign the rocket, needless to say, each test rocket did a little better than the last, the Midnight I achieved a higher ballistic trajectory than the Twilight, thanks to its new fuel (Liquid Oxygen x Kerosene mixture) and rocket motor.

Then the Midnight II was designed a little diffrently, with 4 long tanks surrounding the center tank, and each with a motor of its own, giving the Midnight II the ability to gain orbit.

So we had the rockets, and the pony power to make the rockets in almost record time, but, we had one little problem, we needed more ponies to fly ON the rockets, at the moment, it was just Derpy and i, seeing how bubbly, gears, twilight, and jade had all declined.

But trying to find ponies to be astronauts was harder than you think, plenty of ponies applied, but we only had 8 slots at the moment, so we had to make the rules stringent, endless medical tests, psyche tests, mock interviews, stress tests, Ect. soon

At the end of 2 months, we went from 1000 to 8, 4 stallions, and 4 mares, each one excited, qualified, and ready to begin. (for the sake of record keeping, i will keep the list of all ESA astronauts here.)

1.Regal Masquerade, Male unicorn, Dark blue coat, Dark brown mane

2.Cobalt Charmer, Male Unicorn, Green coat, Dirty blonde mane

3.Rough Gunner, Male Earth Pony, Red coat, Black mane

4.Lightning Twister, Female Pegasus, Cream coat, Blue mane

5.Dusk Prism, Female Unicorn, Blue coat, Red mane

6.Thunder Flash, Male Pegasus, Brown coat, Blonde mane

7.Sugar Hooves, Female Earth Pony, Orange coat, Green mane

8. Lightning Chaser, female Pegasus, Red coat, White mane

9. Derpy Whooves, Female Pegasus, Grey coat, Blonde mane

10.Midnight Moon, Male Alicorn, Black coat, Black mane with silver stripe down the center (me)

For months, we trained, how to use the capsules, how to use the RCS (a new invention by Gears, something to help us steer the craft up there, he called it the Reaction Control System) and the inner workings of the new suits the engineers had come up with, everything we did was in preperation for the next mission.

Gathering together Luna, Twilight, myself, bubbly, gears, and celestia, we met in the conference room, and for hours, talked about who should go, and by the end, we had made our choice, and announced it moments later to the rest of the crew.

the first Equined launch of the Midnight III would be crewed by Dusk Prism, and Rough Gunner.